500hp & 600hp Bench Racing thread

Rat Bastid said

You might be surprised a how many of those engines that are out there that don’t make that kind of power.

Every time I go to the track I’m surprised at how many 12 second 500 HP engines are out there.

I’d say your average 408 is making 470, maybe 480. Maybe.

Of course, some of that is piss poor component selection and horrible engine tuning.

Don’t get me started on the garbage chassis tuning I see. It’s horrible.

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I get it. I'm always hesitant to answer some of these due to my limited experience but I still like to engage in the conversation. I was loosely basing that guess off of my build. We made 592hp on gas with the TrickFlows at 367". Ran out of time to get really serious with tuning. The morning was riddled with non engine related issues. We ended the day with a safe tune so I was happy. His dyno is regarded as stingy as F. Everyone is down 30 hp on this dyno. Not that that matters. We got a number (600 would have been bitchin to see on that screen though). Now I have to weigh the car and see how things pan out at the track.