Removing Hemco plenum..Am I crazy?

[brian]

yes thats a Hemco...

That is one. Just a really early version. That is just what I use.

Brian

 

[Grumpy]

my .02's try the stocker with a PP and see if you like it ...then sell off whatever one you don't want

 

[87NAT]

my .02's try the stocker with a PP and see if you like it ...then sell off whatever one you don't want

Thats what i'm gonna do.

 

[matswtt]

i was one of the first

Thats what i'm gonna do.

whats the answer?
notice a diff?

 

[8AV8]

:biggrin:

 

[87NAT]

I just put my new motor together. I only have 123 miles on it right now. I cant give a side by side ET comparison because its a different combo. I never went back to the track after I installed the stock plenum and RJC plate. I know that I went from not being able to even chirp my ET streets to being able to fry them at 35 mph with the new engine. I had a very worn cam and some bad piston rings. Im sure the Hemco would have worked well on the new engine. I can only say that the stock plenum and RJC plate are not hurting anything.

I got rid of it and I am not gonna second guess myself. I will work with the combo I have now and so far it looks like it is gonna produce some very good numbers at the track.

 

[87NAT]

Since I have the "Blown Headgasket Blues" I figured I would reopen another wound...this old thread.

I am putting my engine back together with no new mods other than the Hemco Plenum I bought off a board member today. I will now get some real world comparison numbers from my stock Plenum/RJC plate that I ran my current time with.

This is NOT an RJC blew my headgasket thread! I dont put any blame on my part failure because of this plate. I am just making a change and will see if I made a mistake by taking it off 2 years ago.

 

[27Skulls]

powerplate

Four years ago Jay Frick of Jay's GN advised I install the RJC powerplate.
Great advice from a good vendor. I noticed a big improvement in power and performance.

 

[TurboTnZ06]

NASCAR also uses NA engines, and the air is "sucked through" the restrictor plate. In our engines, the air is "blown through" the restrictor plate.

Technically, air is "pushed" in both engines, it is never "sucked" in. Turbos just push more air than the ambient air pressure we're breathing.

 

[S2V6RACER]

It has been determined in a racing high HP application a plenum spacer works better than the RJC power plate. We are smarter than we were years ago and Bamfords latest test of the plenum spacer on the stock TSM intake vs. the Champion style intake as well as the data on my S2 motor with the well known imbalanced BGC intake proves it. Some data on the plenum spacer vs. a RJC power plate on a more street driven car might be interesting....

I'll take my plenum spacer any day.


I'm curious if Don Cruz runs a power plate or a plenum spacer as well.