dan strenzo = 8.69 @ 158 mph
jack cutton = 8.90 @ 154 mph
cal hartline = 8.57 @ 157 mph
roy garcia = 8.89 @ 154 mph
Thanks for the plug but we went 8.67@161.38 and 8.61@160.13 at the
Midwest Buick race in Sept.
dan strenzo = 8.69 @ 158 mph
jack cutton = 8.90 @ 154 mph
cal hartline = 8.57 @ 157 mph
roy garcia = 8.89 @ 154 mph
Not that it makes a difference BUT I think all these guys are using on center blocks with the exception of maybe Roy. I had heard many times the limit of an off center block was 1000hp and that is simply not so. I have NEVER seen an off center block fail due to the structural integrity of the block. The rod bearings are side loaded a bit as well as the pistons but nothing to worry about. I went 8.20s at 168 @3400# quite some time ago with twin turbos (and old technology ). We have another customer who has 2 Off center blocks and has run 8.57 at 159 with one and 8.64 at 157 with the other at 3500# plus with Champion heads. The 8.57 engine had well over 300 passes on it with at least half of them in the 8's and it finally spun a rod bearing
Not that it makes a difference BUT I think all these guys are using on center blocks with the exception of maybe Roy. I had heard many times the limit of an off center block was 1000hp and that is simply not so. I have NEVER seen an off center block fail due to the structural integrity of the block. The rod bearings are side loaded a bit as well as the pistons but nothing to worry about. I went 8.20s at 168 @3400# quite some time ago with twin turbos (and old technology ). We have another customer who has 2 Off center blocks and has run 8.57 at 159 with one and 8.64 at 157 with the other at 3500# plus with Champion heads. The 8.57 engine had well over 300 passes on it with at least half of them in the 8's and it finally spun a rod bearing
Wrong Again !
BUT I think all
Maybe Dan meant we run an Off-Center Block. Engine was originally built for me back in 1997.
Could be other things wrong?
Joe