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540 Dyno Test
903.5 HP on Pump Gas @ 8lbs of boost 6500 rpm
**1024 HP on CAM2 Blue @ 12lbs of boost (4-5-2002)
(the blower is anodized and rated for 30lbs!)
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Today, 3-29-2002 was a big day for Adam. His latest creation, a 540 cubic inch, 10-71 BDS supercharged, roller cammed, CNC block and headed MONSTER OF A STREET MOTOR, was finally about to see some dyno time. The motor had already been run for an hour the previous day; the heads were re-torqued again, valve lash checked, plugs read and it was ready to go! Lee at LAB performance was kind enough to let us take pictures of the entire process as well as video the setup and pulls! The video will be up shortly. For now, here's the story and some pics. We went to LAB expecting to see 800-850 hp on pump gas at about 6-8lbs of boost. The results were even better. With 8lbs of boost, which brought the compression ratio to about 12.4:1, the motor made an astounding 903.5 HP and 764 ft-lbs of torque!!! More than likely, it would have made more, but Lee stopped the pull at 6500rpm. 

Below is the dyno's control panel. LAB has quite a setup that allows for continuous monitoring of every engine function conceivable, and they have a large enough water tank to run a motor for quite some time without risk of overheating.  As you will see from the dyno sheet, this was pull number 1770... experience is important when building and running a motor at this level. Lee has it. 

The pic below was prior to the first run. The screen above the console contained a graph of every engine function except boost. That was handled by the pair of guages on the left side of the pic against the window(looks like a barometer). When that dyno is engaged using the handle on the right, the boost shoots right up! The sound of the load engaging is something everyone should hear and will, right here! Listen and watch

The digital guages on the left of the console measured the exhuast temp of each cylinder, the cfm's being pulled through the air supplies to the carbs, and several other engine functions. I was impressed with the comprehensiveness of the monitoring. There were even duplicates of a few guages in the console. 

Here is a picture of the motor before the first pull. Talk about a piece of equiptment. Those of you who know what you're looking at see a whole lot of power and duckets. The blower is a bds 10-71 which pumps more air than four turbos on a focus with juice. No, really, it is one of the keys to this combination. The carbs were done custom by Chuck Nyutten who did one hell of a job. They went on right out of the box and made 985HP on the second pull with 12lbs of boost. The astonishing thing is that this motor pulled over 1400cfm through them. It's one thing to have big carbs, but it's another to actually use their capacity efficiently..

~~~RAW POWER~~~

To the left of the carbs in the picture below, you can see the 2.5 inch header tubes dumping into a 6" pipes that exited the side of LAB's shop. You wanna hear something!! You should have been there for this. But wait, we have the video!!! The sound was deafening with earplugs in and for you motorheads out there it was a sound that sends chills down your back. F***ing Awesome to say the least. At idle, the thing was blowing down the bushes outside.  How's that for a set of carbs??

In the picture below, you can see the mammoth exhaust system that was needed to dyno this monster. The blue machine behind the motor is the dyno itself. I learned that dyno'ing a motor is a time consuming task and is pretty nerve racking as well as exciting. 

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