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What Shortblock Would You Choose?
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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 11663933" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>Dude, he's building a street car and doesn't appear to have much experience here which is why he's asking. You got him on the topic of valve timing and static/dynamic compression ratio. This shouldn't be a science project for him.</p><p></p><p>A Terminator running 16 lbs of boost will be making a lot more then 500 hp. If not there is something very wrong. Your use of the word "efficient" is not really the correct term to use on this subject. Raising the horsepower in an engine tends to have the opposite effect on it's "efficiency" (ie: more fuel consumption). </p><p></p><p>Seeing a 20 hp increase on aftermarket cams on a blown engine is very typical and it's likely you can gain even more on an NA engine. I get very weary of claims of power increases with a component when modding an engine. Often there are other factors involved which tend to get overlooked. </p><p></p><p>The 96 Cobra cams seem to be all the rage. Are there any real comparative test results under controlled conditions available? They are not a radical departure from the OEM Terminator cams and the Ford GT cams with higher lift don't appear to offer much improvement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 11663933, member: 20202"] Dude, he's building a street car and doesn't appear to have much experience here which is why he's asking. You got him on the topic of valve timing and static/dynamic compression ratio. This shouldn't be a science project for him. A Terminator running 16 lbs of boost will be making a lot more then 500 hp. If not there is something very wrong. Your use of the word "efficient" is not really the correct term to use on this subject. Raising the horsepower in an engine tends to have the opposite effect on it's "efficiency" (ie: more fuel consumption). Seeing a 20 hp increase on aftermarket cams on a blown engine is very typical and it's likely you can gain even more on an NA engine. I get very weary of claims of power increases with a component when modding an engine. Often there are other factors involved which tend to get overlooked. The 96 Cobra cams seem to be all the rage. Are there any real comparative test results under controlled conditions available? They are not a radical departure from the OEM Terminator cams and the Ford GT cams with higher lift don't appear to offer much improvement. [/QUOTE]
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