As some of you may know, I've been getting my engine rebuilt following a nasty, rod and piston shattering event with my 04 SRT at the track last year.
After many delays trying to find a competent machine shop here in Colorado, I finally decided to ship the engine to Kevin Singleton at Exotic Engine Development He got the machine work done, and built the engine for me in a very prompt manner.
The engine has a number of goodies on it, most notably the new Striker heads from J.M. Cylinder Heads a proprietary camshaft, lightweight custom billet crankshaft, forged rods, pistons, etc. etc. The cylinders have been bored out slightly to 4.125" (up from 4.03" stock) and fitted with Darton sleeves. I stayed with the stock 3.96" stroke rather than go with a stroker motor because I didn't want to increase the rod angle. Total displacement is 529 cubic inches.
After assembly, Kevin put my engine on the engine dyno for some break in. During the break in run,the engine made 710 horsepower and 700 pound feet of torque. This was with a generic crate engine ECU that is not tuned for this engine. (Kevin didn't tune it, because I'm using a VEC2 for tuning, and the engine dyno he was using isn't currently wired to incorporate a VEC2.)
So, I'm looking forward to getting the engine back (hopefully some time next week) putting it back in my car, and seeing what sort of rwhp and rwtq the car will make after some tuning with the VEC2.
I'm not entirely sure what Kevin did to make this much power, but if you want to ask him, I've heard that Exotic Engine Development and J.M. Cylinder Heads are going to have booths at the upcoming VOI9.
I will post an update when I get the engine back in the car, get it tuned, and obtain some dynojet numbers. It's been almost a year since I've driven my Viper, but it's finally getting close to finished. I can't wait! (I'm going to have to learn how to drive it all over again.)
It looks like it's scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29.
Do the cars run both days?
Are the cars split up by class, with each class running only one day?
Could I just run on Saturday?
I checked out their tech rules, and it looks like my car (which has an Autoform rollbar) would pass tech.
Do they have space?
Yahoo Maps and Driving Directions says it's 18 hours, 50 minutes from Boulder, Colorado to Goliad, TX. I wonder how long it would take me to get there.
It looks like it's scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29.
Do the cars run both days?
YES.
Are the cars split up by class, with each class running only one day?
GET IN LINE AND RUN, THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT.
Could I just run on Saturday?
YES, WE DID THAT AT THE LAST EVENT.
I checked out their tech rules, and it looks like my car (which has an Autoform rollbar) would pass tech.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN RUN ANY SPEED WITH A 6-POINT BAR.
Do they have space?
THIS IS NOT SAND HILLS WHERE YOU NEED AN INVITATION FROM THE POPE A YEAR IN ADVANCE. PAY YOUR MONEY, SHOW UP AND RUN, ITS THAT SIMPLE.
Yahoo Maps and Driving Directions says it's 18 hours, 50 minutes from Boulder, Colorado to Goliad, TX. I wonder how long it would take me to get there.
DEPENDS ON HOW MANY TICKETS YOU GET ALONG THE WAY.
How much do the Stryker heads cost? The dyno sheets on their website are not even readable.
Mr. John Hennessey, what is your opinion of these heads?
I think that the cost is between $4000 and $7500 depending on what you have done to the heads. They are completely new castings, quite different from the stock heads.
In addition to the power gains, I've heard from another customer that they run cooler than the stock heads. If true, that's a significant advantage.
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