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TomOB
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I know this may seem out of place....please move it, mods, if it is in the wrong spot.
I was looking around for info on engine building...I plan on building up the engine on whatever vette i get, 65% motivated for power, the rest for economy. (and maybe some more for 'cool')
Looking up BSFC led me to this site:
http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeApeRacing/tech/fuelinjectors.cfm
Where they figure out what size fuel injectors you need to support a certain HP. Makes sense on paper, because you need a certain amount of fuel for a certain amount of power given a certain efficiency, yada, yada.
My question relates to the fact that it seems their calculations are based on 100% on fuel injectors. Ie, if you figure you want 10 hp with a BSFC of .5, you need 5lbs/hour, so for a v8, you need .625# injectors.
Am i missing somethign here? It appears that the injector would need to be on through the power and exhaust stroke, which doesnt make any sense to me.
And while I have your attentions, because I know nothing beyond my 'theoretical' stuff, anyone suggest abook to read so i can get read for this build?
thanks
I was looking around for info on engine building...I plan on building up the engine on whatever vette i get, 65% motivated for power, the rest for economy. (and maybe some more for 'cool')
Looking up BSFC led me to this site:
http://www.grapeaperacing.com/GrapeApeRacing/tech/fuelinjectors.cfm
Where they figure out what size fuel injectors you need to support a certain HP. Makes sense on paper, because you need a certain amount of fuel for a certain amount of power given a certain efficiency, yada, yada.
My question relates to the fact that it seems their calculations are based on 100% on fuel injectors. Ie, if you figure you want 10 hp with a BSFC of .5, you need 5lbs/hour, so for a v8, you need .625# injectors.
Am i missing somethign here? It appears that the injector would need to be on through the power and exhaust stroke, which doesnt make any sense to me.
And while I have your attentions, because I know nothing beyond my 'theoretical' stuff, anyone suggest abook to read so i can get read for this build?
thanks