1) A Transmission dynomoter is not a destructive test. It is a test to see if the transmissions' claims are correct. You can test maximum torque, but you can also check for the more important factor Torque Rise Between Gears which directly relates to the performance of the transmission and power loss attributed to it. That is really what you want to find out if the manufacturer says first gear gives you 20% more torque than 2nd gear-- this will figure that out. You can also do an entire range of diagnostic tests on the transmission with this system.
2) Water Methanol Injection will give you more power no matter what tune you are using... It does three things: cools the air-charge thereby increasing density, cools the cylinder head temperature, thereby reducing the possibility of pre detonation and finally it adds more fuel and air to mix for more power-- If you put this system into the prodigy turbo kit you could easily see a 30-40hp increase with an economy setting up to 100hp with a maximum boost setting. Also it will allow you run maximum boosts on street legal pump gases for the aforementioned reasons.
3) Blue Print- in this case you would bring the engine in line with minimum specs set by the manufacturer. Sloppy engines perform badly and rob you of power. The benefits are usually substantial in that you've cleaned up the sloppiness of mass produced engines. You would also most like port the engine during this process so you will improve over all flow. There is a reason why Smokey Yunick made awesome power from engines. Other people blue print engines to specific specifications they've found work best for certain applications.
As for aftermarket parts-- those would be just custom pistons, rings, rocker arms, connecting rods, ect and so on.
4) I wasn't aware the Pentastar had a cast exhaust header-- well-- You might not build a true custom system, but you can do porting and polishing and clean it up some that way for better flow. Which will also increase power!!!
5) Advanced Adapters website is not specific and annoying to use-- but if the rubi crawler won't work I know the Atlas 2 or 4 will fit the manual gearbox. So, use that one.
6) Whipple Makes The Universal Supercharger Kit-- Who's going to invest in it? A person that is a serious petrol head and likes a challenge.
7) What is wrong with the stock valves? Well once you port and polish the intake area the odds are you might want want to optimize valve size for better flow... Sodium-Filled valves support higher cylinder head temperatures better because they use the low melting point of the sodium to transfer heat to the oil more efficiently. This improves valve lives at higher temperatures with higher octane fuels or when you turn the boost up to 20psi. Also like the titanium valves they are lighter and reduce moving mass which makes for more power going to the crankshaft instead of operating the valve train.
8) Cam Shafts-- the profiles will change depending on what you plan on doing with the engine. You might want to extend the high end rpm up to 7000rpm-- that means new cams or you might want to drop the torque down to 1500 or 1600rpm that means new cam profile. Not to mention when you port the engine and get flowing better you need to change the cam profiles to maximize this improved air flow. So basically custom cams become a necessity.
The point of my post was simple-- there are plenty of things that can still be done to black betty without an engine swap that would be interesting to test out.
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