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[QUOTE]Originally posted by st5150: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by v8302stangs: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Bill/APEX Motorsports: [qb]Hmmm....I wouldn't put "Kenne Bell" and "road racing" in the same sentence. They pump a LOT of heat into the engine and don't like turning high rpms. Basically, it's a truck blower, and you'd be putting it on a 7rpm motor. We've dynoed probably three or four DOHCs with KBs, and they barely wheezed 330-340rwhp. While the low rpm grunt was nice, they were severely lacking in building much high-rpm hp. We were able to make 410rwhp with a smaller pulley, water injection, larger injectors, bigger MAF, oval throttle body, and custom dyno-tuning. If it were my car, a centrifugal blower would be my #1 choice.[/qb][/QUOTE]Ah yeah good call - I didn't think about that. The other big thing about KBs do seem to be the increased intake temp. Either way, good torque from low rpm couldn't hurt on a track, eh?[/qb][/QUOTE]Take your car for a spin, bang 2nd, 3rd and 4th gear. See what your RPM drops to after each shift. I'll save you the time and tell you its a bit less than 4,000ish RPM. When "racing", power under 4K RPM doesn't matter. If you're drag racing, some real tires will keep you around 4Kish RPM durring launch as well. Bill brings up great points. I can verify the dyno numbers with my own eyes. I remember a black 4V cobra making about 350ish RWHP... a few cars later another Cobra got on the dyno with a similar setup, but a centrifical... knocked out 60 more RWHP. Stop light, drag strip or road course, the two cars won't be in the same zip code if they raced :) I love the KB crowd. They have about four owners with web pages up running decent times. The other several thousand KB owners are online 24hours a day posting the links to these 4 guys and talking about low RPM this and streetable that since their car own KB car is ... pinging on the street, over heating on the road course and getting spanked by every centrifical blower car at the drag strip. jok3r- When you get your KB kit on, you have to race a Vortech/ATI/NOVI GT with a similar setup. Don't forget your KB's reciept. You'll need it for a refund ;) Don't fall for BS magazine adds. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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