331ci 9:1 compression AFR 185 comp headed dyno results inside!

Thanks everyone!

Chris- LOL! I take pride in researching and applying whatever knowledge I can to my combos and the results luckily have been good. However, I NEVER expected numbers like these out of this combo. When I first put it together with the AFR 165's I expected 330ish rwhp, and I got 380! I then put these AFR 185 comps and expected to see ~400 but I never knew they'd pick the combo up everywhere like they did. This is so much fun that it kind of makes me want to continue to be NA and keep tinkering with it...

Grady- I was happy with the peak numbers but the area under the curve is what really impresses me with this combo. It picked up a lot more down low and in the mid-range than I ever expected. The SOTPM told me that it picked up a ton when I put these heads on, and now I can see why.

Adam- We shall see...

Nate- It is installed exactly as stated on the cam card now. However, I had it in wrong on the old combo and I believe we are 2* retarded from where it was in the old 302 combo. I realized this about a year or so after I put that combo together. I installed it assuming the lobes were symmetrical which they are not and thus I installed it wrong. It ran so well I decided not to mess with it in the old 302. On this engine it was put in correctly according to what Ed recommended on the cam card.

Chris- I just checked the logs and I'm seeing a max duty cycle of 77%, and this was in an area of the map where my AF was 12.0:1 so it was fatter there than it needed to be. The last few hundred RPM of the map with a AF closer to 12.8:1 was ~74%. I forgot to see what my base FP is set at but I think it is 45lbs. The fuel pump is a 190lph that has been in the car since 2001.

Kurt, I haven't looked at the cam card in so long I don't remember the exact specs anymore. I actually went looking for the card recently and couldn't find it. I assume it is one of the many boxes I haven't gotten around to sorting after we moved... in December. LOL! Generally I know the duration is in the mid 220's, lift is between .530-.540, and I know for a fact it has a 110lsa because when i put it in everyone said a 110lsa wouldn't work in a 94-95 due to the EEC.

blksn955.o- You are observant! The autometer sending unit is located in the back of the intake in a blind coolant hole. If I get into traffic or idle for a while when it is hot like it was that day it'll creep up to 250 as it heat soaks. I don't even look at it anymore and I knwo the factory gauge works and I can see by my AEM datalogs that the coolant doesn't get above 190* One of these days I'll put the autometer in the stock t-stat housing, I just need to find time to do it. And thanks for the compliment on the combos, I appreciate that. The plan is to put the FTI cam in the cobra once I get a way to tune it and once I decide if the new cam for the 331 will be a turbo or NA cam, and if it'll be a SR or HR cam.

Bullitt95- thanks!!! I can't help but to think the same way. Increased compression and a cam swap would probably do wonders for this combo.

Rick- Thanks again for such a great bottom end build. You are a true craftsman! See above for the injector info. I may sell the turbo and show up at your door one day with a 4.125" bore 347 kit for you to install for me!

Pokageek- The holley is a great intake but the runners are not matched well at all. There was a huge difference in flow between the runners and Tom did his best to average them out. Not only did I increase the cubes, I have a better block which gives a better foundation, I have much better flowing heads, intake, TB, headers, X pipe, etc. The only thing left from my old 302 combo now is the cam, FPR, pulleys, and fuel pump. Everything else has been changed and replaced. Also, don't get hung up on peak numbers. The reason I ran so well with the old 302 combo was my area under the curve in the RPM range I saw as I went down the track. This combo has similar curves, only with a lot more peak and bottom end.

thanks Charlie! I think I'm getting the hang of it... when it is boosted it'll be a whole new ball game though.