[VintageLambo] Re: 400GT on a chassis dyno...

--- In VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com, wspohn4@a... wrote: > In a message dated 1/9/03 5:55:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, RVosari@a... > writes: > > > > The motor made around 220 HP, which was comparable to say a 330 > > Ferrari motor OR around 280 HP at the flywheel. > > > > Do you recall where the peak power was? > > Bill Hey Guys, Laust has a nice writeup on this at: http://home.earthlink.net/~laust/espada.htm >>I finally had a chance to put the car on a dyno. The 247HP and 208ft-lb at the rear wheels do not look that impressive, but the fuel mixture was much too rich (black smoke) above 5500 RPM and the valves float (weak springs) above 7300RPM. This is on 87octane gas. Note the relatively flat torque curve within 25% of max from 1175 to 7250 RPM. << He"s got some performance curves there as well.And that"s after fixing his motor up.Nice to have some "real" data available to us! Cheers, Fred