engine and drivetrain Stock Engine

[GreenBeam]

So how much power do you think I get get on a finely tuned stock based engine with say an aftermarket carb, air intake, exhaust, cam, and a clean cylinder head port job?

[200Duece]

125?ish depending on the carb and cam sizes

[GreenBeam]

What would you recommend be done for maximum power. It seems a bit sluggish and I'm really not looking into an engine swap.

[mossyboy6]

there are people pushing 350+ hp on an m10 block, i just depends mow much money you want to spend.

[steve k.]

you can get about 110hp to 115hp to the ground witha a pair of well tuned carbs and proper timing. But tat depends on your dyno

that's what i an getting

steve k.

[GreenBeam]

So how do you like the power? Or is it still a bit under powered? I'm using this car as an everyday commuter mostly on the freeways and it would be nice to have that extra boost going into the on ramps and for easy passing.

[**Aura**]

I run a 10:1 compresson, 304 cam, twin 45's, adv distributor tii,airbox,headers,dyno tunned for max performance and am still not happy with the Hp, get a s14 motor start big and strong.

[GreenBeam]

Thanks for all the responses guys. That answered my question regarding power. So now I wanna keep the stock engine and get max power out of it, what do I need to do? Someone give me a list of mods that should be done.

[TobyB]

Lose weight.

Take as much weight as you can out of the car.

How manageable do you want it to be? 40's and an agressive- but- streetable

cam with a 1 1/2 primary header with about a 10:1 c/r netted me in

the 140 range at the crank.

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[Arshloch]

do the proper upgrades aimed at torque.

Apart from that, consider changing the gears in the rear end for whatever suits you or if you are fortunate enough a close ration 5 spd.

I shed some weight off my 02 and it does make a noticeable difference.

Other than this, a turbo is pretty much the most appealing method to gain power

[Scott Sislane]

maybe you'd find it beneficial to go to a 38/38 carb, better power than a 32/36 and diff take-off, with little to no mod. You can work on the intake manifold a little and port matching, and possibly the exhaust.

Scott

[Guest]

cam it

compression and bore big 2100 ccs

38/38

header

2 1/4 exhaust and pay attention to everything timing, dwell, ring gap, etc

390 gears and a 5 OD and she will rock on down the road

this aint no chevy V8

[steve k.]

Sorry, buti have to ask. What is your definition of a Stock Engine? Once you define that, then the question can be answered on how to tune it.

steve k.

[GreenBeam]

Ya, we're working with a bone stock M10 engine here. To restate the question, what mods would you all recommend in order to produce maximum power out of an M10? Some background info: Used as an every day commuter. Looking for that extra shot of torque going through freeway on ramps and decent passing power. (No engine swaps please. It's just out of my budget at this time)

[calicolorado]

I've wondered about this too. I have a stock engine that has 8.5:1 compression and the single throat Solex 36/40. The front end is apart (suspension, radiator, headlamps, etc) and I have a lightly used Weber 38/38 to put on the car. I have a Bosch red coil that ran fine with the stock setup, and would like to put in a Bosch mech. advance distributor to run with the Weber. I'd like to put in the Ireland shorty header in lieu of the smog pump manifold and reuse my stock downpipe. My thought was that a full performance exhaust will be too much for the stock engine internals and I will see no benefit with stock compression. Will I see increased performance by adding the Weber 38/38, IE shorty, and Bosch 008? I don't want some fire breathing monster here, just something torquey and with a little added muscle. The main improvement I'd like to see over the stock 1bbl setup is a more "awake" engine.