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On Dyno Tommorow..Any Want to Guess RWHP number??

7.2K views 63 replies 27 participants last post by  obengston  
#1 ·
I'm going to dyno my New engine tommorow. So Everyone post a number for your guess for RWHP, and see how close you are. Use your desk top dyno. If using one let us know so we can see how close you are with it.

Here is my Specs:
Engine is SBC 383 with the following.
1. Heads dart pro 1 aluminum 215 64cc / dual springs / 7/16 studs / Intake – Exhaust 2.05 – 1.60VJ Comp Retainers / 220 seat pressure / Harland Sharp Roller Rocker 1.5 / 6" rods

2. Custom Ground Solid Roller Comp Cam:
Gross Valve Lift Intake: .600 Exhaust: .600

Duration @ .50 INT: .288 EXH: .292

41deg overlap at .050

3. Intake Open plenum Professional Product "Hurrican"
4. 30 over Mahlie forged flat top pistons / 2 valve reliefs

5. Carburetor: AED HO (Holley) 750HO / 1/2 ss gas line mech pump
6. Dynatech ceramic coated 1 3/4 stepped to 1 7/8 / 3" SS dual exhaust
7. Distributor: MSD Pro-Billet w/blaster coil/MSD 6AL
8. Compression 10-8
9. Rear end Moser 12 bolt with posi 373 / 17 crager / 275/50 rear /caltracs /
10. tranny Turbo 350 hughes w/3500 stall
11. electric fan

Head Flow numbers
200 300 400 500 600 700 / lift
INT 141 199 244 277 308 317
Ex 158 159 182 202 214 214

Hopefully nothing breaks..
 
#6 ·
I have a bud with a 383, and smaller heads/cam...he made 405/415 on the engine dyno...

Now realizing, like half a moron that even in your thread title you named rwhp. I guess something's a little high...me or the numbers I posted. :D

I hope I'm wrong...or right...or you're right.

Good luck tomorrow. Post results!!!
 
#8 ·
Cam was in the 240's and dual pattern, on a 110...matched to a cheap set of ebay aluminum heads...making 9.6:1 and a 670 SA carb/airgap, with headers...peak hp was around 5800.

You ought to peak later and with more oopmh, at least that's what I think.
 
#11 ·
Its a custom ground and with what i was wanting to do, thats what he sent/ground. I ask the same thing 3 different times (kinda making him mad) but he ensured me it was @50. I then ask if he was talking about advertised duration, he said no. So I'm still in doudt. He said its basically a race came (or 700 lift cam) but with a 600 lift. I'm still not 100 percent convinced. I said I wanted to run the 1/4 as fast as possible, and did not care about vacuum or to much about street manners, but it does run pretty good on the street. Had them ported locally here in jACKSONVILLE NC. The springs that were sent are good for 700 lift, but have a 220/30 seat pressure.
 
#17 ·
Any idea on the brand of chassis dyno?

As far as the cam, I'm hoping for the best and thinking there's been some miscommunication between you and the cam grinder because that is a tremendous amount of duration at 50 for that motor.

Good luck with it! :thumbsup:
 
#18 ·
Not for sure on the dyno. I thought the same thing about the duration, thats why I ask on 3 different occasions, and even ask the engine builder to verify that was not adverised duration. He said the same thing everytime. But I plan on calling him again tommorow (sure he will not be happy) but I'm the paying customer. Will ask him to verify again on it.
 
#21 ·
that is more than likely Adv. duration. im sure that any engine builder would know that if that combo had that much at duration the engine would not like it. if that were at .050 then that cam is way too big, comp cams has a similar solid roller its power band is 5200-9200rpm...umm l:)
with a cam that big youd need like over 13:1 compression, huge heads, sheetmetal intake and possible 1 or 2 dominators! haha then youre talking alot of power:eek:
 
#22 ·
if those cam numbers are right it will have a very short power band from about 6000 to 7200 by the time the heads and cam start to get running you will be out of carb. with 288/292 at .050 you need a 5500 stall and 456 gears to to get in the ball park. hope it works out and the cam grinder is wrong.
 
#23 ·
*If its going on a DJ248 dyno, I would say 360-370rwhp, 380-390rwtq.
*If it is a Superflow dyno, 330-340rwhp, 350-360rwtq in STPPWR numbers(not the DJ conversion numbers.
*If its going on a Mustang dyno, 320-330rwhp, 340-350rwtq.

This is all assuming the tune up is relatively close.

Good luck
:beers:
 
#24 ·
Surprised at all the low ball numbers in here... that combo should make good power if the converter is good quality and doesnt soak up the numbers. Also assuming 288/292 is advertised because 41 deg of overlap at .050 doesnt correspond to 288/292 at .050 unless its on a 125 lsa :)

IT should be WELL over 400whp but if the open converter may show lower numbers. I had less cam and head than that on a 383 and made 400whp/380wtq but it was a lockup style 3600stall in a 700r4. Open, it would lose 20hp or so
 
#26 ·
Well the dyne guy wants me to put a few more miles on the engine before he does a complete pull. He set the carb and pulled to set it to about 5000rpm said off that he sees it at least 400 plus also stated I will have around 28 percent drivetrain loss. The diverted is a huges 3500 and was flashing to about 3800. So I will try again meek week.