ahfs question

[art leong]

Originally Posted by JRyan

Art, they multiplied the 3.25% times 2.5 atmospheres for the amount of boost you were running at the time, and it comes about to around 8%. As good a guess as any, huh?

Jerry

You guessed wrong.
You guys with this boost stuff should really read a bit before you post about the evils of boost. How much boost do any of you think I was running? Do you honestly think you can put unlimited boost into an engine? Remember this was a stocker You can't run huge water to air intercoolers. I couldn't run any intercooler at all. The only adjustment I had was fuel pressure. 95% of the stockers out there flow a lot more air then a stock head would flow. But if you add a few pounds of boost people think you have this huge advantage, and anybody could go just as fast.
The car I run now has no intercooler either. I have to ice the intake manifold to go fast
Just like everybody else.

[JRyan]

Art,

It was supposed to be a light-hearted way of explaining how NHRA got there. It just so happens that 3.25% times 2.5 comes out to 8.125%. Pretty close to the 8% you mentioned. Sorry!

Jerry

[art leong]

Originally Posted by JRyan

Art,

It was supposed to be a light-hearted way of explaining how NHRA got there. It just so happens that 3.25% times 2.5 comes out to 8.125%. Pretty close to the 8% you mentioned. Sorry!

Jerry

I'm sorry Jerry. Didn't mean to jump on you.
It's just that the boost is a touchy subject with me. And whether I got hurt by the horsepower or not, they broke their own rules by doing it.