Re: SR-71 thoughts

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 10 1999 - 19:16:41 EST


At 11:04 AM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>does anyone know the full spec run down on that SR-71 Dakota??? I am
>dying to know how to find my lost ponies as well. My cobra work buddy
>screams supercharger their not telling us.... I say it is Mopar magic

   Nope, they'd say if it was a supercharger...

>and a sweet wrench. My goal is to hit the 300 horse mark w/o
>supercharging, turbos, or ignition systems (Superchips, MSD, Accel, JET,
>and so on). The SBEC from Mopar is acceptable. I figure if I look into
>the Header, Intake, TB, Heads, and Cam area I may have some luck. Has

  Heck yeah. You'll be able to hit 300hp nooooo problem. You won't even
have to go into the engine. If you were to mess with the intake, heads
and cam, you could be knocking on 400hp naturally aspirated without much
trouble. Just a matter of picking the right components.

  If you believe the formulas for computing HP from ET and trap speed,
my little 318 is around the 300-310 mark right now with only a MP PCM,
MSD 8.5mm wires, 180 degree t-stat, 14x3" open element K&N w/X-stream lid,
ram-air hood, ported & polished TB, JBA headers, ATR 2.5"->3" Y pipe, no cat,
3" pipe all all the way back through a 3" Gibson, and a power steering bypass
belt. Once I do the intake, heads, cam, and valvetrain I'll be dissapointed
if I'm not at or beyond 400hp.

>anyone out there changed their cam and/or rockers??? I know, voids the
>warranty, but I am not planning on a three year pussy ride, Damn the

  I think that if you use the MP cam and have it installed by a dodge
dealer, your warranty will still be OK. Some people have found the
MP cam too tame for their liking though. (And others are quite impressed
with it.) I haven't done any of this yet so I'm not much help there.

                                               -Jon-

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