What makes an HP525 an HP525?
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An HP525 has 525hp right? Well, how does it get the extra 100hp over a 496 HO? I don't think it's supercharged. So how does it make the extra power? Cam? Heads? Intake?
An HP525 has 525hp right? Well, how does it get the extra 100hp over a 496 HO? I don't think it's supercharged. So how does it make the extra power? Cam? Heads? Intake?
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525hp EFI's make 525hp+ SAE all day long. They make 550hp corrected on almost everybody's dyno's.
The 496 engine is GM's new generation block, and is a very cheap motor, very close to auto OEM in every sense. The 525hp efi is a hand built older style GM engine. Has better internals (crank, rods, pistons, valves, push rods, springs....), far better flowing heads, much bigger camshaft, better exhaust, etc.
The computer is not "better", it's actually identical and the maps are done for their engines volumetric efficiency. Both have very good maps, slightly conservative, but very nice maps.
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Dustin
The 496 engine is GM's new generation block, and is a very cheap motor, very close to auto OEM in every sense. The 525hp efi is a hand built older style GM engine. Has better internals (crank, rods, pistons, valves, push rods, springs....), far better flowing heads, much bigger camshaft, better exhaust, etc.
The computer is not "better", it's actually identical and the maps are done for their engines volumetric efficiency. Both have very good maps, slightly conservative, but very nice maps.
Thanks,
Dustin
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