CAR CRAFT MAGAZINE
ARTICLE ON HOW TO STAB A DISTRIBUTOR
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ENGINEMASTERS SUMMER 2007
"MANIFOLD MAGIC" ARTICLE
INTAKE TESTING AND MODIFICATION FOR MAXIMUM POWER

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Half-Price Hardware: How To Build A Budget 347 Stroker Motor
How to build a fun-time 347 for about half the price of an all-out race engine

By Tom Wilson
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Horse Sense: The newest part on this budget engine is the Funnel Web intake manifold from the Parker Company. Probe/Coast hasn't run this intake, nor have we, so it'll be fun to see how it does on the dyno next month.

Some magazines make a living screaming headlines about Junkyard Warriors--we're not one of them. Like everyone else who's been once around the high-performance block, we realize there is no such thing as pocket-change racing or even sterling street performance. Speed costs money, and that's that.		  

 The trick to real-world budget performance is learning what you can live without while getting your speed fix. For example, the goal here is to build 500 hp from a small-block Ford and not go totally broke in the process. By not going broke, we have to swallow once, take a deep breath, and admit it still takes $7,733.06 to build a turnkey 500hp engine, and for that we aren't going to get everything. We'll have to give up the last word in durability--no bulletproof aftermarket blocks--and there is little budget for extensive hand-porting or expensive systems. Such an engine will have to be built from off-the-shelf pieces, and nothing exotic at that. And while six or seven grand is still a pile of money, it's a long way from the $13,000 to $14,000 it takes to assemble a full-on forged and Dart-blocked race engine these days.  

Severo Diaz, known as "Pinto" around the shop, gives the budget 347 engine a final couple of checks. While not a low-buck engine, this 347 takes a stand in the reasonable dollar range while still reaching for 500 rowdy horsepower.
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STREET MACHINE
308 TO 355 CI STROKER MOTOR BUILD UP AND GIVE AWAY

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MUSCLE MUSTANG & FAST FORDS
'Kind of a Cleveland'

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MUSCLE MUSTANG & FAST FORDS
"Style & Speed"

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Procomp Head Test - Budget Brute
 
We Test Two Sets Of Procomp Heads To See
If CNC-Porting Is Worth The Price You'll Pay.

By Richard Holdener

 

 


One of the problems with running the proverbial ultimate cylinder head test that we did a few years back (a.k.a. MM&FF's Ultimate Guide to Cylinder Heads), is that the performance world continues to evolve. By that we mean that despite our very best effort to include every single cylinder head in our shootout, new 5.0L heads continue to hit the market.

Having been in the Mustang business for more years than I care to admit, I certainly remember when our only cylinder head option was a ported 351W casting. Times sure have changed, as now 5.0L enthusiasts have about a zillion different castings and configurations to chose from.

 

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Are CNC ported heads really worth the extra cost? The only way to find out is to stick a test motor on the dyno and run a back-to-back test.
     
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PARTS INDUSTRY DIRECTORY JAPAN
PROCOMP PRAISED BEYOND ITS BORDERS

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SUPER CHEVY
'The Chump Change Challenge'

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TPI Induction System Dyno Test - Inches And Pounds
 
Boost Is Boost: Turbocharged TPI Dyno Test

By Richard Holdener
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How many times have you heard that a crankshaft, connecting rod, or even forged piston is good for 13 psi of boost? On the surface, this seems reasonable, but the reality is that boost is far from being any type of reasonable yardstick. In the example above, boost is being used as a measurement of power or at the very least cylinder pressure. While it is true that power (and average cylinder pressure) increases with boost, the mere fact that a blower or turbo supplies a given boost level does not equate to any given power or (cylinder) pressure level.

  



Call it a pet peeve of mine, but it bothers me when manufacturers (or enthusiasts) rate a particular performance component based on boost.
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