Streetmaster to Airgap

Hysteric said

Do the heads have to flow enough air to make the power? Or do stock eliminator cars defy the laws of physics?

That 22 hp difference was at 3000 rpm where the airflow demands are less. The joke is your inability to accept that it just didn't need all that airflow you thought it did.

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Stock eliminator cars aren't stock. Imagine that.

It obviously didn't have enough airflow to put out another 22hp. 22hp that would actually be felt and usable at an rpm that any reasonable enthusiast would reach. Or are you arguing that 22hp is actually 0 difference?

The engine obviously needed more airflow to make more power. Then they increased flow further with headers - and guess what? More power. Then they added a better carb, and gee whiz it made even more. Maybe they should have just given it a pep talk and told the motor that it didn't need all that airflow, and that it was a 10s engine all along, it just needed to believe in itself?