Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: "Simon T. Sailer" <Simon.Sailer@****.AC.AT>
Subject: HPE
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 11:53:28 +0100
Since there are some car-discussions around lately, I'd like to ask
the following question:
What modifications to a motor are involved when installing a
high-performance-engine?
I know (quite) what is done when customizing the engine, or
turbo-charging it, but about high performance-engines, I know
nothing...
Maybe somebody on the list knows enough about cars to answer it?

Thanks

ss
Message no. 2
From: Kim Christiansen <kimc@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: HPE
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:44:34 +0100
On > Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 Simon T. Sailer said:
>
> Since there are some car-discussions around lately, I'd like to ask
> the following question:
> What modifications to a motor are involved when installing a
> high-performance-engine?
> I know (quite) what is done when customizing the engine, or
> turbo-charging it, but about high performance-engines, I know
> nothing...
> Maybe somebody on the list knows enough about cars to answer it?
>
> Thanks
>
> ss

Allright! I love fast cars! Especially Alfa GTV-6's!

Ok, I am calm now... lets see here, well when turbocharging a motor you
generally have to
-reduce the compression ratio (how much the pistons compress the air/gas
mixture on the compression stroke of the motor)
-reduce intake temperature of the air (cooler motor means more H.P.)
-cool the oil
so there are minimal modification to the actual motor that you *need* to
make, but when creating a
high performance motor, there are lots of modifications to the motor, READ
ON!

I'll use a regular ol' Chevrolet V-8 for this example :
(in this case a small block, displacing about 5 litres, or 302-305 cubic
inches for all you standard system folks)
OK, lets start with the basics the engine block
you will need to

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about HPE, you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!