Finally got my Formula on the dyno and was pleasantly suprised
Finally got my Formula on the dyno and was pleasantly suprised
I will get the printout scanned later, but the old L98 put 217.4 hp and 319.5 ft/lb of torque (both peak numbers on seperate pulls). I was a little suprised by the numbers, both were a little better than I expected. As the motor got hotter, low end torque increased but hp dropped off at the big end. Not sure why. The hp curve is very flat, and the torque curve peaks very early and starts dropping off slowly as rpm builds. Peak hp was right around 4200 rpm on every pull, and peak torque is below 2700 rpm as the graph is dropping when it begins at 2700! I guess that explains the high 13 second ET's at only 96 mph.
Mods:
Airfoil
160º thermostat
Hypertech Thermomaster chip
SLP 2OTL muffler/tailpipes
LS1 aluminum driveshaft
Ported plenum
TCI Breakaway torque converter (1800 rpm foot stall)
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87 Formula 350 13.94@96.67
98 Z28 1LE 13.15@107.59
1LE Owners Association
Mods:
Airfoil
160º thermostat
Hypertech Thermomaster chip
SLP 2OTL muffler/tailpipes
LS1 aluminum driveshaft
Ported plenum
TCI Breakaway torque converter (1800 rpm foot stall)
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87 Formula 350 13.94@96.67
98 Z28 1LE 13.15@107.59
1LE Owners Association
That's good, did you ever get the idle fixed, I have some thoughts on that.
Was going to send you an e-mail about it, but I keep lousing connection to the inter net and all @home can say is it is windows me.
Got Greggs 1le running again, ask him about plug wires 5 and 7 and hows its better to have them right.
Was going to send you an e-mail about it, but I keep lousing connection to the inter net and all @home can say is it is windows me.
Got Greggs 1le running again, ask him about plug wires 5 and 7 and hows its better to have them right.

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Z_Ghost:
That's good, did you ever get the idle fixed, I have some thoughts on that. </font>
That's good, did you ever get the idle fixed, I have some thoughts on that. </font>
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87 Formula 350 13.94@96.67
98 Z28 1LE 13.15@107.59
1LE Owners Association
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