Powerchip V8
#41
RE: Powerchip V8
ORIGINAL: Bartell
Sure! First tell me what you want in the way of performance (torque) and add what driving you like best. Then I have to know whether you want ONLY US sources, because that will mean we have to find American distributors of the right UK stuff (no problem, just more expensive). Then you need a local engine builder and I will give you/they the instructions. You will be surprised how inexpensive it all is no matter what route you take.
James
Sure! First tell me what you want in the way of performance (torque) and add what driving you like best. Then I have to know whether you want ONLY US sources, because that will mean we have to find American distributors of the right UK stuff (no problem, just more expensive). Then you need a local engine builder and I will give you/they the instructions. You will be surprised how inexpensive it all is no matter what route you take.
James
So mild cam, larger intake better flowing heads and then exhaust.
I will have it balanced.
It would be nice to find better fuel injectors some that have
a better spray pattern that gives better burn rate, but I don't
know if there gas injectors like that, I do have some in my
diesel and its makes a big difference.
I would like to get 40 to 50 horse power and keep the long
intake runners so I keep the toque at low end rpm.
To do this I have thought about a spacer of about one inch on the
intake and get longer and larger runners, but a good after market
intake would be better.
I want to think this through before so I have a plan.
Thanks for the help.
#42
RE: Powerchip V8
ORIGINAL: Landzu
What I want is a motor that is reliable.
So mild cam, larger intake better flowing heads and then exhaust.
What I want is a motor that is reliable.
So mild cam, larger intake better flowing heads and then exhaust.
ORIGINAL: Landzu
I will have it balanced.
I will have it balanced.
Exhaust is a BIG help for torque and bhp. You need headers and a twin free-flow system.
ORIGINAL: Landzu
It would be nice to find better fuel injectors some that have
a better spray pattern that gives better burn rate, but I don't
know if there gas injectors like that,
It would be nice to find better fuel injectors some that have
a better spray pattern that gives better burn rate, but I don't
know if there gas injectors like that,
ORIGINAL: Landzu I would like to get 40 to 50 horse power and keep the long
intake runners so I keep the torque at low end rpm.
intake runners so I keep the torque at low end rpm.
Be careful, these blocks are not candidates for much tweaking, especially with the load a LR provides. They have been cast in a fashion that makes cracked blocks and loose liners very common. Re-chipping can prevent that but one must understand the fault and adjust to it.
ORIGINAL: Landzu
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
James
#44
RE: Powerchip V8
Now why can't someone develop & market a performance ignition/fuel management product like I can get for my bike? Harley makes a killer owner-tunable Screamin' Eagle Race Tuner (SERT) that allows modification of the ignition & fuel all across the band. Then there are the aftermarket ones like Power Commander III among others. All can either be loaded w/ loads created by others with various engine mods, or custom tuned to the specific bike. There're always dyno numbers and maps being shared at v-twinforum for bikes.
That's what I'd like for each of my vehicles including the 4-wheeled ones. Doesn't anyone produce one?
On a side note, my '03 RR told me that it got 20.1 MPG going from central Florida to Tennesee last week; average speed ~62MPH. Not too shabby, from what I've heard.
That's what I'd like for each of my vehicles including the 4-wheeled ones. Doesn't anyone produce one?
On a side note, my '03 RR told me that it got 20.1 MPG going from central Florida to Tennesee last week; average speed ~62MPH. Not too shabby, from what I've heard.
#46
RE: Powerchip V8
ORIGINAL: ajh
Which heads would those be? Have you found roller cams yet? That would make a massive difference in reliability.
Which heads would those be? Have you found roller cams yet? That would make a massive difference in reliability.
looked in to which ones.
No I have not found any roller cams yet, I did get a
"Rover V8" book and in it they said that at the time someone
was testing one.
The book was from 1994 so I think it never took off.
I did pull my chip out last night due to the bad fuel (ethanol)in the area I live.
I was worried about the low octane of ethanol and what
it could be doing, as adding OutLaw octane booster to
each tank with 93 made a difference in the way it runs.
#47
RE: Powerchip V8
ORIGINAL: 03rangiemark
Now why can't someone develop & market a performance ignition/fuel
management product like I can get for my bike?
Now why can't someone develop & market a performance ignition/fuel
management product like I can get for my bike?
On the high end there is Haltech http://www.haltech.com/ and Motec http://www.motec.com/ Both are Australian companies..extremely fine products. For some reason, Australia seems to be ahead of everywhere else on this stuff.
We have tried both. I prefer Haltech for the ease of fuel mapping.
The fun thing about all these systems is that you can work out different fuel maps for different uses (on road, off road, emission testing) and flip from one to the other in a second.
James
#50
RE: Powerchip V8
ORIGINAL: Disco Mike
Good game plan, how old are your plug wires and are you still running the originail coil? If your wires have over 30,000 miles on them and they are the 7mm size, I would get rid of them going to 8mm Magnacors and a hotter coil.
How about your timing chain, has it been replaced? If not you might want to put the engine on a scope and see if you have alot of timing slop from a loose chain.
Mike
Good game plan, how old are your plug wires and are you still running the originail coil? If your wires have over 30,000 miles on them and they are the 7mm size, I would get rid of them going to 8mm Magnacors and a hotter coil.
How about your timing chain, has it been replaced? If not you might want to put the engine on a scope and see if you have alot of timing slop from a loose chain.
Mike
I am also a BIG beleiver in a good spark. But they don't create more power any more than a a bigger match lights a bigger fire. For those wtih LR distributors, get rid of them. Big weak point in the system. Go for a Mallory Unilite.
James