2014 COPO Engines

Mike Keener · 01-11-2014, 06:45 PM

Jack,

I'm sure you're right about no shortage of 14's showing up next year. Whether or not many will be equipped with 450 cu in engines remains to be seen.

However, what about all the 12 and 13 guys that liked running their 427 cars in the shootout? Will they convert to a 14 and invest in a 450 or just run their cars in the class in which they choose to run in Stock Eliminator? Since the shootout is only contested at 3 events per year it's not that big of a deal I guess.

The other thing I noticed is for 2014 is the 427 engine is rated at 430 HP. GM seems to have gotten around the 445 hp factor assigned to the 12 and 13 automatic cars by changing the throttle body to the 3.545 used on the 350 and 396 instead of the 4.02 used on the 12 and 13 cars. How much the smaller throttle body hurts these engines remains to be seen.

MK

MK

01-11-2014, 06:45 PM	#4
Mike Keener Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 294 Likes: 102 Liked 24 Times in 13 Posts	Re: 2014 COPO Engines Jack, I'm sure you're right about no shortage of 14's showing up next year. Whether or not many will be equipped with 450 cu in engines remains to be seen. However, what about all the 12 and 13 guys that liked running their 427 cars in the shootout? Will they convert to a 14 and invest in a 450 or just run their cars in the class in which they choose to run in Stock Eliminator? Since the shootout is only contested at 3 events per year it's not that big of a deal I guess. The other thing I noticed is for 2014 is the 427 engine is rated at 430 HP. GM seems to have gotten around the 445 hp factor assigned to the 12 and 13 automatic cars by changing the throttle body to the 3.545 used on the 350 and 396 instead of the 4.02 used on the 12 and 13 cars. How much the smaller throttle body hurts these engines remains to be seen. MK MK __________________ Mike Keener A/S B/S C/SM Last edited by Mike Keener; 01-11-2014 at 06:51 PM. Reason: left out copy