Final report on 526 Stroker + stats & video
As promised in my Thread "500+ci Builder" I would get back to you-all once I got the engine built and dyno'd. Just arrived back in Kentucky from my visit to CME (Carolina Machine Engines), builder of my 526ci stroker RB. I'm happy to report that CME was able to meet or exceed all of my performance specifications and miscellaneous criteria including my $8,500 budget.
I did however make a poor decision, at least in my mind, concerning some CNC work on the aftermarket heads. CME offers a variety of horsepower on their 522ci motors. Each HP increment reflects either a higher level of performance parts or greater degree of modifications to a part(s). Because I thought that it would be a good selling point to list that my motor had the heads CNC gasket matched and bowls blended, which is one thing that differentiates the 550 hp motor from the 525hp motor I decided to have that milling work done on my 526 (I requested that they build me a 526 verses their normal 522ci). But something unexpected happened and that is the torque fell by about 30fp. Normally their 525 and 550 hp motors put out 650+ foot pounds of torque, however my horse power did increase by 24 for a total of 549hp. Now some guys like to measure engines by hp but because I was wanting a street engine I tend to favor torque output. On the plus side I got the hp of their 550 horse motor but still maintained the vacuum and converter stall that made me choose their 525hp version. Not only did they deliver the 600tq I specified they hit 600tq at 3000rpm and carried it to 4500rpm, a 1500 rpm spread!
Richie, the sales manager gave me a shop tour then introduce me to Bill, the man who assembled my engine and his brother John, who operates the dyno and does the tuning. After spending 1 1/2 hours at CME there is no question in my mind that I chose the right builder. I have no doubt that there are other good builders out there but CME met all my performance specifications and built the motor including, carb, dist, wp for just a tick over 8.3K.
One thing I should point out is that CME assigns just one person to assemble the engine from beginning to end and Bill told me that he has built dozens and dozens of these 522s over the years and knows them very well. Also this engine is backed by a 1 year 12,000 mile warrantee.
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As promised in my Thread "500+ci Builder" I would get back to you-all once I got the engine built and dyno'd. Just arrived back in Kentucky from my visit to CME (Carolina Machine Engines), builder of my 526ci stroker RB. I'm happy to report that CME was able to meet or exceed all of my performance specifications and miscellaneous criteria including my $8,500 budget.
I did however make a poor decision, at least in my mind, concerning some CNC work on the aftermarket heads. CME offers a variety of horsepower on their 522ci motors. Each HP increment reflects either a higher level of performance parts or greater degree of modifications to a part(s). Because I thought that it would be a good selling point to list that my motor had the heads CNC gasket matched and bowls blended, which is one thing that differentiates the 550 hp motor from the 525hp motor I decided to have that milling work done on my 526 (I requested that they build me a 526 verses their normal 522ci). But something unexpected happened and that is the torque fell by about 30fp. Normally their 525 and 550 hp motors put out 650+ foot pounds of torque, however my horse power did increase by 24 for a total of 549hp. Now some guys like to measure engines by hp but because I was wanting a street engine I tend to favor torque output. On the plus side I got the hp of their 550 horse motor but still maintained the vacuum and converter stall that made me choose their 525hp version. Not only did they deliver the 600tq I specified they hit 600tq at 3000rpm and carried it to 4500rpm, a 1500 rpm spread!
Richie, the sales manager gave me a shop tour then introduce me to Bill, the man who assembled my engine and his brother John, who operates the dyno and does the tuning. After spending 1 1/2 hours at CME there is no question in my mind that I chose the right builder. I have no doubt that there are other good builders out there but CME met all my performance specifications and built the motor including, carb, dist, wp for just a tick over 8.3K.
One thing I should point out is that CME assigns just one person to assemble the engine from beginning to end and Bill told me that he has built dozens and dozens of these 522s over the years and knows them very well. Also this engine is backed by a 1 year 12,000 mile warrantee.
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