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New 1776cc engine and no power
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<blockquote data-quote="atafonso" data-source="post: 592814" data-attributes="member: 23592"><p>No, you not StefansBus.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I have been building a few 1776's with stock cam and dual Weber 34 ICT's. The customers are pretty happy and normally says "This engine has a lot of power". Now that's not power, it's torque. You need torque to take a heavy bus from stand still or when you uphill. </p><p>A 110 cam moves the powerband up in the rpm range and kill the low end torque. And the big valved heads does exactly the same adding to those caracteristics.</p><p>Take this engine and put it in a Beetle, then you will say" This engine revs a lot and makes the car go very fast". Now that's power, higher in the rpm range. No need for a lot of torque to move a light car.</p><p>100 psi compression is really low on any new engine, even on low compression ones. On your combo, the cam requires around 8.5:1, so you should have around 150psi. Probably the deck heigth is wrong or bad ring gaps, or used pistons and barrels, etc.</p><p></p><p>Abel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="atafonso, post: 592814, member: 23592"] No, you not StefansBus. I have been building a few 1776's with stock cam and dual Weber 34 ICT's. The customers are pretty happy and normally says "This engine has a lot of power". Now that's not power, it's torque. You need torque to take a heavy bus from stand still or when you uphill. A 110 cam moves the powerband up in the rpm range and kill the low end torque. And the big valved heads does exactly the same adding to those caracteristics. Take this engine and put it in a Beetle, then you will say" This engine revs a lot and makes the car go very fast". Now that's power, higher in the rpm range. No need for a lot of torque to move a light car. 100 psi compression is really low on any new engine, even on low compression ones. On your combo, the cam requires around 8.5:1, so you should have around 150psi. Probably the deck heigth is wrong or bad ring gaps, or used pistons and barrels, etc. Abel [/QUOTE]
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