Next weekend, it will be more like Chicken-man. I still can't believe I'm getting roped into that one.
Kevin, Pippin and Bob answered your riddle, I believe. The HP and Torque curves always cross at 5252 RPM just because of the formula used to calculate HP.
Regarding other engines for testing, I plan to do a series of FE engines with these intake swaps, not just the 428CJ on the stand right now. I still haven't decided on all the variations, but they will include upgrades to the cam and shortblock, then to the heads, and finally on up to my other dyno mule, which is 492" of stroked FE and max effort ported Edelbrock heads. I hope to have a total of 6 or 7 combinations, ranging in HP from 400 to 700, and test the manifolds that make sense on each engine (I don't think I'll try the SP2P on the 492" motor LOL!)
As far as the PSE intake goes, I would love to try one, but don't have any way of getting a hold of one. The other thing is, what if it performs really well? People would love to have one, but they are so few and far between that it will be difficult to find one if that's what you really want. One of the key ideas in this testing is to check the intakes that are somewhat readily available, so that people can actually use the results.
Having said that, I still for the life of me can't find a Port-O-Sonic to buy. They are available new from Summit, but the wait is until the end of June, and probably longer according to the Summit sales people. They don't show up too often on ebay, and I missed the last one when the seller ended the auction early. Why can't I find one of those things?? You would think that since the intakes are still being manufactured, it wouldn't be this hard...
Jay Brown
1968 Shelby GT 500 Convertible, all aluminum 489" 1030 HP Supercharged FE
1969 XL Convertible, 460
1969 R code Mach 1, 706 HP 511" all aluminum FE, 10.457 @ 127.47, 2005 Drag Week Winner, Naturally Aspirated Big Block
