Re: the Navarro Six

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> " not going to even blink even in the direction of the exalted
> " numbers Navarro got -- 3.5 hp/ci!, but it would seem that with
> " this massive O-ringed, 7000rpm block I could slop out less than
> " half that with little effort.
>
> considering what's been learned about cam profiles, turbos, and
> injection in the past three decades, you'll probably have an easier
> time than barney in extracting big hp from this motor-to-be.  he never
> had efi --
>
> buick gn turbo rodders can get over 1000 hp in what could loosely be
> called 'streetable' form on 'pump gas'.  your mission, should you
> choose to accept it...

Well this may be so. Clearly, EFI is the only thinkable thing with
this setup, and it would make all those suck/pull carb issues
moot, and there's the crazy manifold waiting for use. I'll eventually
RTFM on Megasquirt with boost, later.