As some of you know I run a Stage 2 Motor in a Dragster with a 8.71 Hi-Helix Kebelco Blower with a mechanical alcohol fuel injection. I have had various growing pains with this combination but it has gone a 4.59 @ 155+ in the 1/8 mile. One of the problems has been a lack of power especially above 6500 RPM, after much reasearch and advise from other racers I am completely convinced that lack of enough valve spring pressure has been the problem and that will be corrected. Second problem is connecting rods! I have managed to bend 4 sets of rods (Corollos, Olivers and Crowers) and I am not sure why? I think its to much cylinder pressure for the rods to handle, others think its got to be hydraulicing. If it is hydraulicing I can't come up with how, I take various precautions to prevent it but who knows?
Reason for this post! Oliver is currently building me 4 sets of rods that will withstand 300 HP per cylinder. Last week I spoke with the engineer there about the issue of all the bent rods and he gave me the formula (Basic) square inches of the bore 4.030 = 12.755 x 1300 PSI cylinder pressure = 16,582# and said that Oliver rod will yeild approximately 55,000# and thus it had to be Hydraulicing! After mauling that around for a day or two the 1300 PSI just didn't sound right to me. A buddy of mine dug up an article on SCE Gaskets where dutweiller claims on a SBC making 1800 HP @ 42# Boost the cylinder pressures are 3200#! How would the compression effect this ?? More compression is more pressure?? Because I use alcohol I have used 9.6, 10.5 & 11.6 to 1 compression ratios. The higher the ratios the quicker the rods bent. If you take this square inches of the bore 12.755 x 3500 PSI = 44,642# and along with other variables could explain the problem. My real concern is that they are building my new rods with engineering based on 1300 PSI cylinder pressure and I have way more than that!?!?
Questions:
1. Does anyone know the cylinder pressures of certain combinations?
2. How does the compression ratios effect those pressures?
Thanks, Mike Booher
Reason for this post! Oliver is currently building me 4 sets of rods that will withstand 300 HP per cylinder. Last week I spoke with the engineer there about the issue of all the bent rods and he gave me the formula (Basic) square inches of the bore 4.030 = 12.755 x 1300 PSI cylinder pressure = 16,582# and said that Oliver rod will yeild approximately 55,000# and thus it had to be Hydraulicing! After mauling that around for a day or two the 1300 PSI just didn't sound right to me. A buddy of mine dug up an article on SCE Gaskets where dutweiller claims on a SBC making 1800 HP @ 42# Boost the cylinder pressures are 3200#! How would the compression effect this ?? More compression is more pressure?? Because I use alcohol I have used 9.6, 10.5 & 11.6 to 1 compression ratios. The higher the ratios the quicker the rods bent. If you take this square inches of the bore 12.755 x 3500 PSI = 44,642# and along with other variables could explain the problem. My real concern is that they are building my new rods with engineering based on 1300 PSI cylinder pressure and I have way more than that!?!?
Questions:
1. Does anyone know the cylinder pressures of certain combinations?
2. How does the compression ratios effect those pressures?
Thanks, Mike Booher