| Perhaps I was wrong....40HP? For you Tony! |
Subject: Perhaps I was wrong....40HP? For you Tony! by jsup on 2008/12/21 23:31:38 OK, so as you know one of my pet peeves was that Tony told me that I can expect 40HP gain from an as cast head to a CNC ported head. I had no reason to believe it, and no evidence to support it. Coming from a manufacturer who's job it is to take money and sell product (been on that side myself) it was hard to believe. Well, I've been sick since Friday, just coming around today, never thought I'd say this but I'd rather have been shoveling snow this weekend I spent too much time on the computer this weekend....anyway, I digress. Brodix offers their product line fully CNC ported. It is their claim that there is AT LEAST a 35 HP difference, so not too far from 40HP Tony gave me originally. Now, if I hear something from ONE manufacturer that 40 HP is possible I chalk it up to hype. When a second, and perhaps a third I'll keep looking, start saying it, to me it becomes industry standard and accepted. That changes the complexion of my position on the issue. I submit for your enjoyment the following video as evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yeJA7zTnA0&NR=1 The Track1 fully CNC'd head is said by Brodix to be "at least" 35 HP better and some bigger claims are made. These heads are list at $2500 and I know can be purchased for about $2200 on the street. SO basically the same price as Comp Ports. The good news is, now that we are aware of Brodix has this offering, I wasn't before, we should be looking for comparisons of for example Comp Ports vs. CNC'd Track1s, not some as cast model. So don't get me started on unfair comparisons...  I think that's fair enough.SO...I will admit, and apologize to Tony for that one. I will concede that a fully CNC'd head of any manufacturer has a HP gain over as cast products in numbers bigger than I expected. I will still be looking for that last shoe to drop before I accept the number as "industry accepted" but when two leading manufacturers make the claim, in such a small market, there must be something to it. |
