Club Cobra Keith Craft Motorsports  

Go Back   Club Cobra > Engine Building, Tuning, and Induction > Small Block Talk

MMG Superformance
Nevada Classics
MMG Superformance
Main Menu
Module Jump:
Nevada Classics
Nevada Classics
Advertise at CC
Banner Ad Rates
Keith Craft Racing
MMG Superformance
Keith Craft Racing
December 2025
S M T W T F S
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31      

Kirkham Motorsports

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 07-01-2010, 07:13 PM
Mac VABCH's Avatar
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Virginia Beach, va
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #250
Posts: 234
Not Ranked     
Default Lost 110 HP!!!

Last summer I was having ignition break up at 4500 to 5500 rpm about a month after installing my new motor. The motor was purchased as a long block without the intake manifold installed, as I was putting on the intake and fuel injection system (MassFlowEFI) from my previous motor. The only change to the FI system was larger injector (42 lbs) for the increased displacement and a custom tune done on a Dyno Dynamics chassis dyno. The motor is a 8.2" deck height Dart Sportsman Big bore block measuring 363ci, with AFR 205 CNC ported heads, solid roller lifter, a custom Jones cam and 13/1 compression. This is a track only car and I run 112 octane fuel. After tuning the motor made 488 RWHP naturally aspirated.

Then the issue with the ignition presented itself within a month of the dyno day with no track time. I had to deploy so I was unable to fix the issue until this past week, so the car has sat for 14 months. During trouble shooting I replaced the coil, plugs wires, plugs, cap/rotor and installed a ignition box (Mallory). The issue ended up being a intermittent ground.

Today I drained the tank put in 5 gals of fresh 112 octane fuel and hit the dyno. Disappointingly the car only made 378 HP at the same dyno shop and same tuner that I have used for years. A/F ratio was right on the money at 12.5, base timing was at 10 degrees and all advance was done thru tuning (as it was before). I also did a compression check with a low of 240 and a high of 250 psi. This is my first solid roller motor and I neglected to adjust the valve after such a long period of sitting. I knew that they need to be adjusted often, but it slipped my mind to be honest.

Has anyone experience this much loss from miss adjusted valves? Or should I be looking some where else. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:28 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
The representations expressed are the representations and opinions of the clubcobra.com forum members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and viewpoints of the site owners, moderators, Shelby American, any other replica manufacturer, Ford Motor Company. This website has been planned and developed by clubcobra.com and its forum members and should not be construed as being endorsed by Ford Motor Company, or Shelby American or any other manufacturer unless expressly noted by that entity. "Cobra" and the Cobra logo are registered trademarks for Ford Motor Co., Inc. clubcobra.com forum members agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is owned by you. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). Thank you for visiting clubcobra.com. For full policy documentation refer to the following link: CC Policy
Links monetized by VigLink