SMITH BROS. AND FAIR RACING

Engine Dyno Testing & Development

"Outside shot of test cell"	"Control Room"
"Blown Gas Jet Record Holder" One Bad Mohican! Dyno Power Record Holder	"SS/BX Record Holder" One Salty Six! Normally Aspirated Dyno HP per CI Record Holder
"Big Duke"	"Drag Boat Duke"
"DODGE Comp Eliminator"	"455" Pontiac"

I thought this was an interesting engine, and a little out of the norm! Take a close look... This is an ALL IRON 60's - 70's style 455" Pontiac. The engine belongs to Jeff Burian of Bossier City, LA. He first built it as a Tunnel Ram engine on gasoline and tuned it in the 700 hp range. Then he decided to put a blower on her.... and with 7.9:1 compression ratio and 16 lbs boost the engine produced 970 Ft Lbs Tq @ 5200 rpm and 1150 HP @ 6700.
So, did he take her home and put her in the car? NO... he went back and raised the compression to 11:1 and picked up a Kinsler calibrated Dual Terminator injection system and then the engine produced 1000+ Ft Lbs of Tq @ 5600 and almost 1300 HP at 7300 with his "middle of the road" pulleys. How much power will that stock block hold?

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If desired, I can place dyno information on this site. This information can include tuning information, benefits of dyno testing, how to obtain accurate repeatable data, interpolating data and just what exactly what to do with this data. If you read this page and feel any of this information could be useful, please e-mail me at Gearhead@smithwholesalers.com