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Re: Power Fantasies (was DSP, was Nationals entries)

To: <autox@autox.team.net>, <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Power Fantasies (was DSP, was Nationals entries)
From: "Scott Phelps" <scott_phelps@gdt1.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:18:36 -0400
>>> "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com> 08/17/00 05:44PM >>>
Mike said:
>> Hard to believe a SP legal X1/9 can do 135 HP,

>Can't. Try 100, maybe 110 tops. You're talkin 1500cc
>non-crossflow motor here.

Not even close.  I have a '78 Fiat X1/9 streetcar, with a built 1500 motor, 
including 10:1 compression, big cam, ported/polished head, twin 40mm webers, 
header, + custom exhaust, light flywheel, etc, etc..... And it dyno'ed (on a 
dynojet machine) at:

83.4  rwhp
82.5  rwft-lbs.

see http://members.tripod.com/yugopwr for dyno sheet.

A DSP 1500, with crappy cam, stock head, and stock 8.5:1 compression isn't 
making 100 flywheel horsepower.  No way. No how.

I wish it could.

>An X1/9 displaces about 92 cu. in. 100 hp
>from one of those takes serious development. 135 hp (1.47 hp/cu.
>in. for the arithmetic-impaired) in a DSP Fignat is a wet dream.

Yep.  I figure with my steetcar, I'm around 100-108 flywheel HP.  My motor 
would put me smack into D-mod, not even DP!   A realistic number for a DSP Fiat 
with 1500 is ~80 horsepower or so. 

Scott Phelps
88 Yugo GVX #81 EP NER

(had 5 X1/9's - down to 2.5)




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