Re: 220hp? [All this carb crap]

[Riley McDowall <roog@telus.net>]

At 9:36 AM -0500 11/15/01, Jason wrote:
>>>Well, for starters, ask Riley. With almost 180hp at the motor, his 
>>>car wasn't all that streetable.  My guess is that 220 wouldn't 
>>>either.
>>
>>Actually Jay, it was pretty streetable.
>
>However, you wound up ditching the psycho cams for less aggressive 
>cams (and ultimately less horsepower) why? ;)

Mainly to do with emissions, fuel economy, and the desire to see what 
the whole "asymmetrical camset" hype was about.  The bottom line here 
is the definition of streetable.  Some people think streetable means 
meaty torque curve down low, great fuel economy, and smooth idle. 
Almost anything  you do to a stock motor would therefore compromise 
streetability.  On the other end of the spectrum we have somenoe who 
thinks the 276es are streetable because they run on pump gas.  It all 
depends on what you're wiling to put up with... but I maintain, and 
I'm sure Shannon will back me on this, the 276 cam set does not make 
the car "undriveable", or a "gutless wonder".  If you're into peak 
horsepower and peaky curves, it's the only game in town.

>Could you imagine what the car would be like under 5k with cams & 
>other modifications to make it pump out 40 more horsepower than 
>that!?

More fun? ;)
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