Bob, Just for future reference I believe the import car you are referring to is a Toyota Supra. Toyota also makes a Celica but they are a far cry from fast and it is not the same thing as a Supra. Although i will add that those Supras are very fast but it also cost about twice as much to make then as fast as good ole domestic muscle. Michael
>From: "Robert Belz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Chevelle-List] Show and tell >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:30:22 -0600 > >Hi All, >Well it was kind of a crappy week and I wasn't much in the mood for a car >show but a new dyno shop was having an open house, show and offering $15.00 >chassis dyno pulls so I drug out the Chevelle, cleaned it up and headed >out. >The show was mostly import cars but I found new respect for these things >when I saw a Celica Supra put down 670 H.P. to the ground (the thing looked >stock,very scary). There wasn't much competition in the domestic class so >I >picked up first place, a nice trophy and $125.00 I wasn't expecting. Now >the good part. I made dyno two pulls, the first with full exhaust and made >311.7 H.P. and 371.9 Torque. Time allowed a second pull so I uncorked the >headers and pulled 321.3 H.P. and 384.1 torque. Not bad but I wonder where >that 435 H.P. and 530 torque went to that I got when I had the engine broke >in and dynoed before I installed it. Looks like accessories (water pump, >fan, power steering) , tranny (Turbo 400) and such sucked about 26% off the >motor. I didn't feel too bad about my numbers when I saw a gutted 72 drag >race only Chevelle w / a 468" BB make 420 H.P. and that was with a 100 H.P. >shot of N.O.S. Off the bottle he made about 340 H.P. to the ground. That >motor was so snotty it barely ran to get it on the rollers and then back to >their trailer. What I did learn is I can confirm in my case the open >headers >worked better than the X-pipe and Flow Master mufflers with 2.5" exhaust. >Not much, but an improvement just the same. Now I have a base line to make >comparisons when I swap distributors, carbs and intake manifolds when I get >some spare time. If you get a chance to put your car on a chassis dyno >definately go for it. Anyway it was a good day with the Chevelle and my >wife had a blast driving it home with open headers (her dad used to race >super modified's and race cars are in her blood). >Have a good rest of the week end. >Bob >71 SS454 > > > >----------------------------------------------------- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
