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Also known as ASR; ie traction control.

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Re: What do you guys think of this motor ?

Subject: Re: What do you guys think of this motor ?
by jsup on 2008/11/28 4:25:11

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cuisinartvette wrote:
Yeah Im serious. These magazine builds are done with parts handed out by mfs to sell parts most the time. Doesnt mean its optimal for the setup. Some are, many arent.

450 ci is a lot and the 215 imo doesnt give it enough to become a hp motor. Beach's heads will breathe better.

Beach was asking why it didnt make much hp I gave my opinion.


There we have it. If they just would have used AFR they'd be making XX more power. Got it.

And that is the conclusion we always come to.

You know, professionals designed this motor to do particular things, they got the result they wanted. Dart makes a 230 head. Did you ever think for a second to say maybe there's more power in a Dart 230 head, nope probably not. If they were going for HP maybe they would have selected other Dart heads, which may have smoked the AFR. Never crossed your mind I bet.

The difference between professionals designing motors and internet hacks designing them, is professionals get the results they set out for, hence, purpose built motors.

There is no motor an AFR head can't help, got it.

Is the goal to get down the track real fast? Or to impress people with HP numbers. Cause they estimate that's an 11 second motor in a pretty heavy car. I don't see what's wrong with that for a mild daily driver. Someone once said "that would be sleeper territory" if I remember correctly. It was considered impressive when the right parts were used. Not so impressive now. Got it.
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