[Shaolin Crane]

Sounds about right

[94cobra69ss396]

Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane

Is that the one you were telling me about?

Yes.

Originally Posted by enkeivette

Should be making at least 300 whp shouldn't he? Decent exhaust?

No because of the drivetrain. He looses a lot through the drivetrain. To give you as example using the Chevelle. The first time I dyno'd the car it put down 461rwhp running my old 26 inch tires and a converter that stalled to 3000. The second time I dyno'd it, it only put done 360rwhp. The difference was I had a higher 3600 stall and was running a taller 28 inch slick.

[enkeivette]

Damn, ya I was wondering about that but I didn't realize it would make such a difference. But I guess it would expecially if he's running one of those massive super duty rear ends those guys love to run.

[94cobra69ss396]

Yep, he's running a 9inch with 40 spline axles and 5. something gears. At 6000 rpms in 3rd gear (C4) he topped out at 110 mph.

[enkeivette]

Damn... That thing needs more like 7 or 800 hp

[Shaolin Crane]

Turbo time

[94cobra69ss396]

I think he's good with what he has now. Most people in his class (1450) are runnning stock engines.

[enkeivette]

Ya I'm sure. how often do you need to hit woops faster than 110mph? haha

[Shaolin Crane]

When ever you need an excuse to change your underwear

[94cobra69ss396]

Super Chevy magazine has an article where they dyno'd a 383 on both an engine dyno and then on a chassis dyno. On the engine dyno it made 425.8hp and 473tq with open headers an no accessories. On the chassis dyno it put down 283hp and 341tq through a M-22 trans. That's a loss of 34% do to things like the accessories, fan clutch, exhaust, etc.