now there's yet another Pearl of wisdom passed down from Uncle Dave.
K
----- Original Message -----
From: <john@theromeros.org>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: new guys
> Thanks for the info everybody.
>
> RPM, now there something I got alot of! This motor really only comes on
the
> pipe over 7,500 and will make peak power at about 9,400. I can't see
running
> the NOS below 7,500-8,000. I figured I would run it quite rich (high 10's)
to
> start and go from there. I also planned that I would back off the timing
about
> 6 deg or so since it's only a little motor and even a 50 shot is a 25%
power
> adder. The 50-75 shot may sound small but it's adding about 40hp/liter,
> similar to a 200 shot for a 5.0 L V8.
>
> John Romero
> Thousand Oaks, CA
>
> Quoting lone eagle <eaglemot@bellsouth.net>:
>
> > and the /another nice thing about nos is that it will still make HP
when it
> > is set up a bit on the rich side.retard the timing -YES.make sure your
crew
> > or SOMEBODY verifies and or puts gas/fuel in the tank so you don't run
dry
> > while on the button! (don't laugh too hard, i-we've done it!).last but
not
> > least---KT said something to me that i had to find out the hard way-nos
> > likes rpm's............period. most of my other troubles i've had is
hitting
> > the button too low in the r's..........my situation is "hit the button
below
> > 5 grand and i lose a head gasket, above 5 and little worries." hope this
> > helps. dad land
> > Lone Eagle Motor Co.
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