I agree, thought I had finished with dealing with cheap shots....
as long as Im on the forum I will fire off cheap shots from time to time as I have done since the forum was born.
Dale was my latest target and it got (the expected) reaction.!!!
Quite complimentary really... he said I was some kind of retired tabloid journalist..
However in your case Ian I wasnt having a pop at you. In fact as to you.are contributor of one of the most iconic components on my historic rally car build Im eternally grateful
I will however always act on an opportunity to question the quoted power of any of Mr Rebellos engines.
My query/issue is with him and not you.
Looking back at the thread you have on the build/buy/ship process he quoted a figure of 309.7 BHP at 6400 and a torque figure of 283ftlbs at 5000 revs.
Given the relatively modest compression ratio of under 10:1 that power is not achievable on a single cam non crossflow engine.
I dont particularly need or want to know what your engine makes here in the UK. Its your engine and if you are happy with it then fine.
My point is that it didnt make the claimed power he quoted and he gets away with it.
And im not the only one to say so either......
Posted 07 September 2007 - 09:05 AM
1 fast z said
Paul builds GREAT cylinder heads, my only real competition, hehe. But I would not trust the REBELLO HORSE POWER, as we all know rebellow hp, is not real hp. There have been a couple guys that have gotten motors built there, dynoed over 300 horese on their dyno, then put the engine in there car, and it produced barely over two hundred HP. So just beware, when you take the car to a chassis dyno.
Ahem... SHP - Shetland HorsePower
:mrgreen:
And a very diplomatic comment from Mr Ruschman himself.......................................
I have “heard” of the West coast HP being optimistic, I’m not taking sides.
And just to be really picky......................
While your cylinder head is a nice piece of work judging by the photos posted by Paul Ruschman I would have thought that at that level he might have welded up the injection cut outs to assist mixture flow. Tig welding is simple and cheap nowadays
And here is one I prepared earlier
The problem is that this has nothing to do with original thread.
A minor detail that Im just going to ignore.:lol: