750!!
Hmmm. I didn't pick that rod length, the program choose it for me but I'll use whatever rod is recommended by scat in their 408 stroker kit. Its easy to build 700 on pump gas...its an entirely different challenge to build it before 6500 rpm
The contest is not peak...the contest is an average of the area under the curve from 2500 through 6500, taken at 500rpm intervals, for both HP and TQ. The winning engine historically has been like a 450 + 450 average. This can be calculated in Superflow dyno software under the File > Test area and looks like this.
http://www.cobralads.com/archives/masters1.jpg That would be a 903.8 score. If your friend can do it, he should since its $100k for first. Easy money?
Also, no race heads or race headers. The engine I have there is theoretically a 1000 point small block. No small block has crossed 1000 yet. I'm hoping that this engine can do it. If you don't run close to 12:1, you aren't going to win. In '02 there were some 14:1 engines and even a sick 16:1. I'll take the trade off of lowering total timing for increased power. Its a tradeoff that must be made to win.
Matt!
I follow the words of Carroll Smith on redline and would place it at 300 past peak or 7,300. The cam would be rated for float well past that so I'm comfortable with it...but really this is a purpose built engine for the competition and will not see anything over 6800 when they test.
Here are the rules if anyone is interested.
http://www.popularhotrodding.com/eng...ge/2004/rules/
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