The Next Time Someone Says..!!!!

[gpse3400]

THAT THESE ENGINES CANNOT MAKE POWER, ARE NOT DURABLE ENOUGH, AND JUST PLAIN CANNOT PERFORM I'M GONNA SCREAM AT THEM AND SHOW THEM THESE PICS!


Al Unser Museum in Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico

[zofo61]

Here Here

[3100 MPFI]

just imagine the possibilities.....

awww shit. My brain just had a thought. IT BURNS!!!!!!!!!!

[korbendallas68]

60*V6 goodness.

[1988GTU]

Man those engine cannot make power, be reliable and cannot perform.



j/m












Nice pics.

[Sidewinder]

Oh snap! I should show that to the Mymonte guys who constantly say "L67 swap?" to everything I ask performance wise about the 3100.

Funny how an N/A 3900 makes the same horsepower and gets better gas mileage than the Supercharged 3800.

[gpse3400]

In the words of Britney "I Eat a lott of McNuggets" Spears, "It's GEN 2 Bitch!".

Actually I was thinking that must be the BowTie aluminum block.

[Ortie666]

Id like to see numbers, still slick lookin mills tho

[El_Diablo]

me likey shiney

[Superdave]

lol, that's New Mexico.. Albuquerque is my home town. Maybe next time i go back i'll snap a ton of pics for you guys. I've seen that engine before.. it's purdy.

[ForcedFirebird]

Wonder if that's where the Gen 3 design came from. Do they have any pics/info on the internals?

2.5 - as in de-stroked 2.8?

[torq455]

so, without power numbers at what rpm, and the fact it's only had preliminary testing--no long term testing for reliability or any track time...just how does this "concept engine" prove that the 3x00's are strong, reliable, and have a lot of potential to make power?? just cause it has straight out headers to twin turbos doesn't mean it'll make 600HP or hold up for a long time. i love the idea though..

[Superdave]

If i remember i'll take a magnet with me to see if the block is aluminium or not... I'll probably be there next summer.

[gpse3400]

so, without power numbers at what rpm, and the fact it's only had preliminary testing--no long term testing for reliability or any track time...just how does this "concept engine" prove that the 3x00's are strong, reliable, and have a lot of potential to make power?? just cause it has straight out headers to twin turbos doesn't mean it'll make 600HP or hold up for a long time. i love the idea though..

Wel.. I think the fact that Mr. Falconer even bothered to prep and reeengineer the engine in the first place should mean something. BTW there are a number of people running them as marine engines pushing them a hell of alot harder than any of us.....FYI these engines have similar dimensions compared to an SBC only metric. With proper machining, balancing and tuning I see no reason why the power couldn't be handled.

[gpse3400]

Wonder if that's where the Gen 3 design came from. Do they have any pics/info on the internals?

2.5 - as in de-stroked 2.8?

No other pics or info. Like I said i think its the aluminum block because the bore on that is smaller...