Its always amazed me that so few people will take the time and effort too plan out an engine, or research previous engines and how they performed and their parts lists as a guide and then stick to the original plan and parts list. I would think that its far simplier to duplicate a known successful formula with well known results than to strike out with a random collection of miss matched components and hope for them to function.... few people seem too realize that it will take both several weeks too almost a year in a few cases to acquire and assemble the needed components, and that machine shops seldom work on scheduled or meet the cost estimates in most cases and more than a few components will require hand fitting and clearance work.
and that during that time they are almost certainly going to read some tech articles in some performance magazine or on some web site that gets them into thinking the original parts list can be improved on or that they can substitute cheaper parts and still get the same results.
the truth is that a well thought thru , well tested and known selection of parts matched to operate in a common rpm range expected power band and with a know air flow rate etc. is a hard combo to improve on and your very unlikely to improve on iot with random part changes
look the fact is almost all of us are on limited budgets and darn few of us can afford to just pull out a credit card and order all the parts we would like too, so Im only too well aware of that lack of cash flow and the temptation to buy cheaper parts.
but Id bet more engine builds get ruined by having cheap parts acquired in "deals" installed than for most other reasons.
but that tendency to substitute parts you get at those bargain prices is almost certain to lower the power potential ,end results.
it will take you several hours to work thru the links and sub links below but it will save you hundreds of dollars and weeks of work
school got you at least some what prepared too earn a living, at a minimum it gets you the ability to read and count at a basic level,so you can do research on your own. look at the links as a basic education in engine building
youll learn more in those links in a month than in a decade of trial and error on your own time.
Ive had several guys that have told me that those links saved them weeks of work and prevented them from spending thousands on the wrong parts, and I know at least two guys that followed the info to build engines and are extremely pleased with the results.
the sites there to hopefully allow anyone using it to avoid the 45 years of trial and error mistakes and decades of research I needed to go thru
read thru these, it will give you a good idea on the basics, provided you read the sub links
http://www.themotorbookstore.com/resmchstvi.html
this is exceptionally useful for newer guys
http://www.hioutput.com/tech/343hp/343hp.html
(if your stuck using restrictive heads, follow this build, and use much of the info that can be used as its designed to maximize restrictive heads with a tight LSA)
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=1162&p=2379&hilit=+books+video#p2379
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=38
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=181
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=3802
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=401
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=727
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=247
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=5123
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3897
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=510
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=110
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3894
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=495
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=204
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=185
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=4687
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=519
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=5078
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=196
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=596
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=168
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=202
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=2798
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=875
this thread below is an exceptionally useful thread, in that its designed to produce a hot street performance engine build, for a balance between a mild performance engine most guys build using a few performance components and, still be much more cost effective and still produce exceptional power in a useful rpm band for street use. yet be far less that an all out race engine where peak hp numbers alone and the damn the cost, will it win races, is the basic rule.
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=3814
and that during that time they are almost certainly going to read some tech articles in some performance magazine or on some web site that gets them into thinking the original parts list can be improved on or that they can substitute cheaper parts and still get the same results.
the truth is that a well thought thru , well tested and known selection of parts matched to operate in a common rpm range expected power band and with a know air flow rate etc. is a hard combo to improve on and your very unlikely to improve on iot with random part changes
look the fact is almost all of us are on limited budgets and darn few of us can afford to just pull out a credit card and order all the parts we would like too, so Im only too well aware of that lack of cash flow and the temptation to buy cheaper parts.
but Id bet more engine builds get ruined by having cheap parts acquired in "deals" installed than for most other reasons.
but that tendency to substitute parts you get at those bargain prices is almost certain to lower the power potential ,end results.
it will take you several hours to work thru the links and sub links below but it will save you hundreds of dollars and weeks of work
school got you at least some what prepared too earn a living, at a minimum it gets you the ability to read and count at a basic level,so you can do research on your own. look at the links as a basic education in engine building
youll learn more in those links in a month than in a decade of trial and error on your own time.
Ive had several guys that have told me that those links saved them weeks of work and prevented them from spending thousands on the wrong parts, and I know at least two guys that followed the info to build engines and are extremely pleased with the results.
the sites there to hopefully allow anyone using it to avoid the 45 years of trial and error mistakes and decades of research I needed to go thru
read thru these, it will give you a good idea on the basics, provided you read the sub links
http://www.themotorbookstore.com/resmchstvi.html
this is exceptionally useful for newer guys
http://www.hioutput.com/tech/343hp/343hp.html
(if your stuck using restrictive heads, follow this build, and use much of the info that can be used as its designed to maximize restrictive heads with a tight LSA)
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=1162&p=2379&hilit=+books+video#p2379
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=38
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=181
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=3802
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=401
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=727
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=247
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=5123
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3897
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=510
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=110
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3894
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=495
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=204
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=185
viewtopic.php?f=87&t=4687
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=519
viewtopic.php?f=52&t=5078
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=196
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=596
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=168
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=202
http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=2798
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=875
this thread below is an exceptionally useful thread, in that its designed to produce a hot street performance engine build, for a balance between a mild performance engine most guys build using a few performance components and, still be much more cost effective and still produce exceptional power in a useful rpm band for street use. yet be far less that an all out race engine where peak hp numbers alone and the damn the cost, will it win races, is the basic rule.
viewtopic.php?f=69&t=3814