Ok, back from the dyno....
Even had to put the headers on opposite sides (and turn them upside down) to fit Eric's DTS dyno.
All-in-all, it was a good day. No issues, no problems, and a clean
oil filter at the end of the day.
I have to keep reminding myself that this engine was built for a purpose, which was requested by the customer: a very low maintenance engine, runs on pump gas, with extremely docile street manners, higher vacuum (in case of power brakes), and excellent low rpm/mid range performance. I think we met those goals.
Final numbers came up to be 654hp @ 5400 with 652 lb-ft of torque backing it up.
It idled easily at 900 rpm and thumped very hard while doing it.
I would love to embellish the numbers and say this is a 750hp engine, but I think we came up where we needed to be. I'd love to do one of these with a big fatty solid roller in it sometime....
Thanks to Eric at Performance Engineering for accommodating me today....and for letting me wash his dyno room down (someone forgot to put in a block plug right above the pan rail that allows the water to drain out)......
