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> anyone know this racecar?, one heck of a 914
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post Feb 8 2017, 04:35 PM
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https://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/5987109108.html

no affiliation; just a curious onlooker. 340hp out of a 4-banger?
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post Feb 8 2017, 04:45 PM
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QUOTE(jmitro @ Feb 8 2017, 02:35 PM) *
340hp out of a 4-banger?

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post Feb 8 2017, 04:49 PM
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I think this car was for sale last year, guy was asking a lot more $$ for it I think.
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post Feb 8 2017, 04:49 PM
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Cr of 14 and revs up go 11k. Wow. That will blow a rod through the case if that goes..
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post Feb 8 2017, 05:07 PM
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That would be a strong 3.6 - 911 engine, let alone a -4 with 40mm carbs. But hyperbole aside, it looks like a cool car.
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post Feb 8 2017, 05:14 PM
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I remember this one because I thought the same thing last time: "WHY are the carbs tipped inwards like that?"
Must be custom intake manifolds, but wouldnt the carbs run like crap like that?

Seems the floats would be fuched up.
And I find 340 hp and 11000 RPM to be BS, but I am not an authority of the radical stuff that can be done to these engines.
I just have a hard time believing that a pushrod engine can do that
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post Feb 8 2017, 06:32 PM
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Carbs aren't tipped, the filter bases are to clear the cage. Didn't Jake and Len have a car that spun crazy rpm and the fan grenaded?
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post Feb 8 2017, 06:40 PM
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Ok here it is. I guess 8K isn't out of the norm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6wfTmiethg
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post Feb 8 2017, 06:41 PM
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I think it says 8000 rpm...but still that's a a whole heap of (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif)

I'm somewhat of a bullshitter myself, but occasionally I like to listen to a REAL pro. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Feb 9 2017, 07:17 AM
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It has Paxton on the Windshield & Sides. Perhaps it is (Was?) Paxton Supercharged
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post Feb 9 2017, 09:21 AM
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QUOTE(jmill @ Feb 8 2017, 05:32 PM) *

Carbs aren't tipped, the filter bases are to clear the cage. Didn't Jake and Len have a car that spun crazy rpm and the fan grenaded?

I routinely stretched 3rd to 8200, especially at Roebling Road in turn 5. What killed the fan at Barber was banging against the rev limiter. It was too harsh.

I would never argue someones performance claim without firsthand knowledge, but the idea of stretching a gear to 11k on a T4 is one that I find hard/impossible to believe.
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post Feb 9 2017, 09:50 AM
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If Len had built the heads....it would be 360Hp!!!!java script:emoticon(':worship:','smid_63')
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post Feb 9 2017, 10:33 AM
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340 HP out of a naturally-aspirated four-banger with 40mm carbs? Gotta wave the BS flag on that claim. The 40s will only flow so much air, it doesn't matter how fast you spin the motor.

I am sure that 340 HP could be gotten out of a four-banger. But it would likely require forced induction, and definitely more than 40mm intake throats. Heck, by the time you get to 300 HP the six-banger guys are looking for larger intake throats, and they've got half-again the number of intakes!

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post Feb 9 2017, 11:27 AM
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Force Racing on the trailer. Possibly it be a family member of John Force Racing? They know HP. No proof but the car looks like it seen a lot of track days.
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post Feb 9 2017, 11:30 AM
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You can make anything go to 11. Just need a new tach gauge face...


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post Feb 9 2017, 05:41 PM
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QUOTE(old914dog @ Feb 9 2017, 08:50 AM) *

If Len had built the heads....it would be 360Hp!!!!java script:emoticon(':worship:','smid_63')

Mike, are you off your meds again? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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I think it was a typo, should read 34.0 hp (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I agree without any kind of turbo/supercharger or something, 40's would not be enough fuel or air to get that mixture...I would think... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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