Large cars carry significantly more weight and average around 300 horsepower for the comfort of the driver. Performance cars can be found anywhere from 400-500 horsepower, and supercars average 500 plus. One of the most exciting vehicles to drive year after year, the Mazda MX-5 Miata, only o...
As crazy as it sounds, being king of the street in the modernStreet Outlawsera means if you’re not working with an engine that’s capable of producing north or 3,000 hp you might as well stay home. Thanks to a 540ci big-block fromVinson Race Engines, Jeff Lutz’ ’57 Chevy fits ...
Restarting a '55 Chevy 350 Small Block After Sitting for Over 10 Years Driveway rescue and new supercharger tech. Season 17, Episode 17 HorsePower's Nissan 240/LS Finale Payoff of HorsePower's 240/LS. Season 17, Episode 16 HorsePower's Nissan 240/LS Launch ...
The L98 engine was the standard engine option on Chevrolet (or Chevy) Corvettes produced from 1985 to 1991. It was a small-block aluminum V8 engine which produced 230 horsepower and 330 lb-ft of torque. The engine was also available as a performance upgrade for the Pontiac Firebird and ...
Then Chevrolet introduced the small-block Chevy V8 and gave the power to spin them. It's revolutionary because this engine was built around an untried green-sand foundry technique that allowed 75 percent fewer casting cores and on extremely compact architecture with a deck height of only 9.0 ...
"L88" 427, which used aluminum cylinder heads and 12.5-to-1 compression ratio to make somewhere north of 500 horsepower while wearing a huge 850-cfm four-barrel carburetor (though Chevy would, disingenuously, only admit to 430 horses). The L88 option upon ordering it automatically eliminated...
Chevy Turbo 400s suck up 14HP. Do you, like commercial pilots just carry enough fuel to get to the next city? unused fuel is dead weight. It also affects the C of G. Do you know what speed you can drive to get maximum efficiency or what sprocket you need to put that power on ...
gross horsepower. It only has 48,000 miles on it and it is very quick. It has a 3.36:1 rear axle ratio says the manual. From zero to maybe 50 it is quick as my Mark VIII, which has 280 net HP. But I won’t take it over 65 MPH. What would be the Chevy’s net horsepower?
Simply put, this can mean an increase of 15-20 hp. Can a 400 head be put on a 350? Yes, it can. But do not make the mistake of putting 350 heads on a 400 without first drilling some steam holes. Different Types of Finishes Used in Constructing Headers ...
Pontiac sent its Firebird muscle car out with a bang. The 2002 model year marked the final year of production for the American icon, but the vehicle did fade away in sad fashion, as many have done in the past. During its production life, the Firebird WS6