RE: Engine Config

["Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>]

what would make you think a hemi has better combustion ? A Chrysler ad
perhaps or the mystique of them that is pretty vastly overrated.. In the HP
per liter deal they are not that special at all. same as a 500 hp 1 liter on
nitro.. old F1 engines are way better than that. Depending of course what
fantasy hp numbers you are buying into. I picked 5000 for 500 inches but am
not a real believer in that one to be honest. It seems more like a one
upsmanship thing to just toss the numbers around. Show me the real dyno
sheet and then I might be a believer.
Dave
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  From: Want1937hd@aol.com [mailto:Want1937hd@aol.com]
  Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:52 AM
  To: saltracer@servusa.com; saltfever@comcast.net; ddahlgren@snet.net;
land-speed@Autox.Team.Net
  Subject: Re: Engine Config


  In a message dated 01/03/2005 9:14:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
saltracer@servusa.com writes:


    If you took a stock 23 deg Chevy head and added overhead cams what did
you
    gain?

    JB



  I've always thought the OHC allowed you to have a hemispherical compustion
area with the valves at 90% to where they are on a rocker arm head. That
gives better combustion and better flow. Bob in connecticut