Why not one of those big middle-of-the-hood ram air scoops that you have to
crane your neck to see over? That would look real sporty on your Mercedes.
Gerry
Might have to look at snagging one of the toyota super chargers. Or a
window fan
clay
On Oct 7, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Peter Frederick wrote:
Which is why my brother and I fall down laughing every time we see a 950
cfm carburetor on a Chevy 350. They usually throw a rod above 4500 rpm
and can barely manage 450 cfm, if you have mechanical secondaries they
won't run worth a hoot.
Very few production V8s will spin as fast as a Benz M116 (6200 rev limit)
or an M117 (5800 rpm rev limit). American iron is 4200 to 4500 and the
DON'T like going faster -- not enough skirt on the piston, they won't
live long. Newer DOHC with variable timing may get up that fast, but
typically not, the valve train gets hard to manage and the inherent
vibration does bad things to the crankshaft.
In-line sixes go scary fast with a good valve train, so do V12s.
Peter
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