Need to add it's missing the holes in the hood for those twin scoops.
Seriously, pics make it look like a nice car. Would need to see it in person to make a better evaluation.
Yep - all in the wording. Your car ran far too well to have some major issue.
Keep getting that beauty back together. Anxious for you to have it back out at the track again!!
Don - are you saying the balancer was showing 5 ATDC when the actual was really TDC? If so, wouldn't that have been 5 deg OVER-advanced? Just trying to wrap my head around this.
Probably thinking about it wrong as that extra advance likely would have long ago caused problems. Or maybe the...
Couldn't agree more about not making $$ on these old cars. This is the wrong pastime for that. I play with these old cars for FUN, not for profit!
I restored my show pony 71 Demon 340 not to make $$ but because I thought this car deserved to be very well done given its low mileage (38k now)...
Wow - quite an amazing story! You are to be commended for the accomplishments in your life and on this car. To have beaten the C this long is quite incredible. One day at a time and I pray you will rack up many more years and be driving that Demon soon. Thx for inspiring me (and I'm sure...
All the OEMs have their own "proprietary" specific tests. How many hours, how many cycles, what the rpm and load profile looks like, etc, etc. And of course there are the low speed tests where you want to limit splash oiling. Gotta pass those "granny" tests too.
Sounds like you've seen lots...
And don't forget that these durability dynos do not use "run of the mill" gas station fuel. They run specific certified ($$$) fuel as you cannot afford a failure due to a bad batch of fuel.
And as stated above, if you assume a bsfc of 0.45 (in English units), and the engine makes oh, say 600...