Question about...

[Bruce Plecan]

Nope you have it right,
I just didn't recall you having said it was basically a deposible engine.
How about 36s and a 140 thermostat?.
No restriction at all at the thermostat housing, and hydrazine?.
Nitropropane?
Bruce


> Sounds like I am doing everything wrong ....
>
> 160deg thermostat
> AFRs at WOT similar to the STOCK AUJP chip (curve shifted, slightly
higher)
> Mega Timing
>
> Oh well.  Guess if I did it correctly then maybe I would be faster?  Maybe
> my car will live longer?
>
> I tried less timing.  I tried less fuel.  I tried less timing and less
fuel.
>  The car really likes this setup.  And, with 12.2's @ 112 on the stock
bottom
> end I am *-NOT-* complaining.  I have seen very very few L98s do this so
> I must be doing something right.  Very good points made about longevity.
>  This is not my daily driver ... actually hoping that I run it into the
> ground so I have a reason to build my 420.  So, longevity is not my goal
> here.  I'll give the car what it likes in order to get the best times out
> of her.  Admission: What it likes and what it -needs- may be two different
> things.  Understood.  But, it runs faster with what it wants.  I know
several
> others with similar combinations (we compared bins) who are running in the
> 11.8's/11.9's with a 383 all naturally aspirated (and those cars are daily
> drivers).  A good point is that I want to make is that these Air/fuel
ratios
> and those timing numbers are only for WOT.  They are not for daily
driving.
>  They are not that way for 'normal everyday driving'.  My BLMs are about
> 128 across the board and the timing is conservative.
>
> Somehow though ... I don't think that I am running that 'calculated' AFR
> at WOT.  I'll know in the spring when I take her to be dyno'd and get a
> WB on it for a couple pulls.
>
> Thanks for all the info and the heads up regarding longevity.  I
appreciate
> all the info.  All very good points.
>
> Does anyone have a similar setup and 30lb injectors??  What pulse widths
> are you guys seeing at WOT (at what RPMs)?
>
> Tim
>
> At Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:08:32 -0500, "Bruce Plecan" <nacelp at bright.net>
wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >That's what they do with the 160d Thermostats.
> >Notice how they normally are a let down, in measured performance, but
> >still
> >are in business.  They exist cause the feel fast and joe average is
> >happy
> >with that
> >Bruce
> >
> >
> >> Seems this would be a 'trick' that unscrupulous chip makers would
> >use. fat
> >> top end and mega timing... risking the blueprint?
> >
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Bruce Plecan <nacelp at bright.net>
> >
> >> > Also, have said rich and too much timing feels fast yet folks still
> >do
> >it
> >> > all the time.
> >> > It just feels so good, folks do it.
> >
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