X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 2 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:03:14 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [68.98.211.24] (HELO systems3.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTP id 1878387 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:16:13 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.98.211.24; envelope-from=cberland@systems3.net Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C75CD5.41DD5162" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Subject: [LML] Engine Dyno X-Original-Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:15:40 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <87C33F695961494D886EB3B6C8A47651256378@s3server.Systems3.local> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Engine Dyno Thread-Index: Acdcgbsu6WWbKnSATfGoBzv5rcZEUgAUZtAQ From: "Craig Berland" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mail List" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C75CD5.41DD5162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - Are you sure you are getting 370 hp? Who cares, it is what it is. In my opinion you made a wise choice in going with 10 to 1 pistons. This opinion is based on 1000's of hours running engines on a dyno. - Do the recent Reno race results support the claim? Is there a Reno class where your engine runs? If you were referring to the Sport Class, those engines are not in the same zip code as yours and the Sport results I have seen indicate those "California" engines are fast. You know, for over forty years, I have heard people tell me about their 1000 hp small block Chevy with a "full race cam". I designed and developed engines for General Motors for 15 years and managed a Power Train R&D group. Can someone please tell me what a "full race cam" is? Do you get my drift. Craig Berland Now for another controversial topic - engines... I just watched my engine get dyno tested. It is a normally aspirated IO-550N EXP with 10:1 compression and magnetos. It made 325 hp at 2700 RPM. There is an engine builder in California that claims 370 hp. I have a question for those who have this engine: - Are you sure you are getting 370 hp? - Have you seen the dyno test? - Do the recent Reno race results support the claim? I have been lead to believe that the answers to the above questions are: no, no and no. Flame suit on, D. Brunner=20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C75CD5.41DD5162 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [LML] Engine Dyno

 - Are you = sure you are getting 370 hp?  Who cares, it is what it is.  In my opinion you = made a wise choice in going with 10 to 1 pistons.  This opinion is = based on 1000's of hours running engines on a dyno.

- Do the recent = Reno race results support the claim?  Is there a Reno class where your engine runs?  If = you were referring to the Sport Class, those engines are not in the same = zip code as yours and the Sport results I have seen indicate those = "California" engines are fast.  You know, for over forty = years,  I have heard people tell me about their 1000 hp small block = Chevy with a "full race cam".  I designed and developed = engines for General Motors for 15 years and managed a Power Train = R&D group.  Can someone please tell me what a "full race = cam" is?  Do you get my drift.

Craig Berland

Now for another = controversial topic - engines...

I just watched my = engine get dyno tested.  It is a normally aspirated IO-550N EXP = with 10:1 compression and magnetos.  It made 325 hp at 2700 = RPM.

There is an engine = builder in California that claims 370 hp.  I have a question for = those who have this engine:

    = - Are you sure you are getting 370 hp?
    - Have you seen the dyno = test?
    - Do the recent Reno race results = support the claim?

I have been lead = to believe that the answers to the above questions are: no, no and = no.

Flame suit = on,
D. Brunner =

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