Ken Parkman and the Monster 360!!!

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 Check out this post from Ken Parkman just back from the PHR engine Build challange!  This is GREAT exposure for an already expanding AMC V8 performance market! The type of competetive engine build that Mr parkman brought to the table must have dropped some jaws to say the least! Check it out in Kens own words! Thanks again Ken for showing everyone how strong an AMC V8 can be and for a LOT less than what some of those other builders spend I bet!! Heres to Ken Parkman!

"Just made it home - we got bumped on the first pull this morning by an awesome running Ford. But I am still big time happy, and real proud of how we did. As of 1:30 this afternoon we were 5th overall, and 19 had run at that point. First was the Ford by Tony Bischoff (BES Racing Engines) with 1011, second was Sonny Leonard's Chev at 989, third the very impressive Olds by Bill Trovato at 975, then the Ford of Livernois Motorsports at 970, then us at 959. We were on dyno 1 as were Bischoff and Leonard, and Trovato and Livernois were on dyno 2. 
 
For a short time we were in first overall, and if we were on dyno 3 we would still have been in first on that dyno. We beat some guys who have done well in this in the past, we did beat the score by the Dale Eicke team (does that ever feel nice to beat a man who was a factory backed Pro Stock engine builder), and we beat some highly touted profesional builders like Lennart Berggvist. I also think some of the engines in front of us are hurt - I have never heard such painfull rattling of detonation on many engines. I think Sonny's engine is hurt, it was clearly losing power each pull. And the Livernois engine only had 12 psi oil pressure at the end of it's pulls. I think many people did not consider the air density in Long Island in October and overdid the compression. The Chevy's seemed the worst for this, many had run and only Sonny's had posted a better score than us - so far. Gotta admit some very awesome and highly touted builders are yet to come, and there will be some m!
 ore good numbers. Regardless we would have been bumped, but I think we may make a top 10. If not, close. 
 
Another thing that feels good is how good we did with fairly basic hardware and an engine that is not a hand grenade. You could see serious money in some other engines, things like belt drives, trick oil pans and headers, and more that is simply not available for the AMC. And we beat many of them. Some guys admited to having over $30,000 into their engines. And we beat many of them. Livernois admitted to over 200 dyno pulls and several broken engines, and they were only 11 points in front of us. We had 20 pulls. Our engine rattled a bit at 2500-2800 rpm, but it did not try to blow the cylinder heads off like some were. This testing is TOUGH on an engine. 
 
Our engine had a friggin awesome torque curve, and that was what I tried to design for. At only 410 inches it made 459.9 ft-lbs all the way down at 2500 rpm, peaked at 563.5 at 4700 rpm,and had only dropped to 492.4 at  6500. The peak power was 613.4 at 6400 rpm. The really nice area under the curve really helped the decent score. Bob truly should enjoy rolling into the throttle on this thing. 
 
We really made them sit up and take notice, and I think we did scare the pro's a little - at least some of them. And for sure the engine was respectable. That was what I wanted to do. This has been an awesome experience, I learned a huge amount, and I'm really glad I did it. I met some really smart engine builders, and I'm also starting to think I might know a little about this stuff as well. But it has also been one of the toughest things I've ever done. 
 
It's been something else! 
 
And once again, thanks for all the support guys. It meant a lot to me to have this support, and pushed me when I needed it."

John 

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