Dyno results: 2.6 liter short block

[Jim Green]

--- Chris Darringer <cdarring at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Hello listers,
> 
> Thanks to a failed flow test (and plenty of
> encouragement from Javad), I
> recently committed to replacing the 2.3 liter engine
> in my '90 80q with
> a 2.6 liter short block (rated at 146hp according to
> Eurospec).  As
> expected, this was a bolt-on upgrade.  The goal of
> this project was to
> have a car with a bit more power and some extra
> low-end torque without
> some of the complexities and costs of a turbo
> conversion. 
> 
> After two tuning sessions at the dyno with Javad, I
> have some results to
> share:
> http://www.80tq.com/images/ChrisDarringerDyno.JPG

Very cool, now that you have that baseline, I'd love
to see what EFI would do for it.  I'm sure Javad's
pulled your arm a little, please, please try it!  



=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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