CA always puts down more TQ than hp...I am told somethings wrong?

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Kicky-Fast
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Okay well my CA enjoys putting down more torque than hp continually...3 different dynos and every time more tq than hp. I got the motor set from japan, it had boost gauge, superafc, boost controller lines spliced off it. So I am wodering...all my CA buddies are baffled by the fact that I am alwyas making 10-15 more TQ than HP with my CA why would this be happening? Any thoughts?



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The stock camshafts creates this scenario in stock form. But make no mistake about it, the CA does not put out more torque that hp when you start building power.

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i think the cross over when hp > tq on a CA is above 250whp then it's dependant on revs + big turbo to make power. of course cams would do the same thing.

that's just my opinion though.

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chassis dyno's are real accurate. I would only rely on them as a means to measure quantitative difference mods have made, not for numerical data.

Kicky-Fast
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well turbo blew last night...peaked at 1.5bar all night and hit fuel cut...checked out turbo this morning...so much up and down play its retarded...and turns out i have white injectors!?! arnt they supposed to be brown?

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Kicky-Fast wrote:well turbo blew last night...peaked at 1.5bar all night and hit fuel cut...checked out turbo this morning...so much up and down play its retarded...and turns out i have white injectors!?! arnt they supposed to be brown?
Some of the injectors are that way.

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well that answer wasnt very benificial :-P...i know this the harness had been pre-sliced for every electronic add on you could think of...so who know maybe injectors upgraded...even when I got the motor in the car it ran un-godly rich....


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