Originally Posted by woodsman
Originally Posted by chevguy65
I went to my trusty race calculator at wallace racing and it shows you only need 597 hp at the flywheel to run a 10.09 @ 130mph in a 3400 lb car.
I say it is a lot cheaper to build a BBC to get that HP and TQ needed, but some guys just got to go small block.
Carl I was using Tim McAmis race cars in cool stuff there E.T. Calculator and if you put 3400# an 670hp rear wheel it comes up with 10.00 @ 136mph so I dont know which one is more correct. Your guess is better then mine.
Wes,
I also went to
http://www.eldemoniorojo.com/calculator.htm
First was
http://www.wallaceracing.com/hpcalculatorquarter.php
They range from 537 to 687 FWHP to go 10.09 in a 3400 lb car.
I also added 100lbs to one and that is the highest HP #.
I hear what you guys are saying though, and in 3 or 4 years when my 355 is worn out, I think I wil go BBC.
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