bimmer88

Anyone know anything about a gifted motor?? does this exists??

white3.0

gifted motors?? like the factory freaks? i think i heard about some ITR doing low 14's stock was a factory freak

CLUofI

most things produced follow a bell curve distribution. 90~% are all alike and produce the same power, 5 % on the bottom end are weak engines, while 5% on the top end are engines that are stronger than the other 95%. These would be the "gifted engines". This is just a generic set of numbers for engines i dont know what the real numbers are.

ayougo

from the dealer, my car had the abiltiy to surpass the rev limiter ( without ecu yet )
then i bought one and had it tuned to see what powers i could make, none up high, so i built the head ( cam ) and at 7000 its like WUT ahaha id say thats a factory freak

Blk03S

My son's '97 Monte Carlo Z34 (215hp 3.4 DOHC w/ 4 spd auto,) ran a 15.17@90.7mph down the 1/4 w/ 86k on the clock and not a single modification done, all the way down to a paper air filter.....that's one hell of a factory freak. I'm sure it's about having the right combo of motor, trans, and pcm, not solely the motor.

-Jon

Jonesi

Off to car talk..

Doom878

Doesn't have to do also with how the cams were cut?

darrinb

i've heard of stock ls1 f body factory freaks going 12.9

GreenMonster

I've heard 'em refered to as "Wednesday Motors" too.

I swear my car was built on a monday morning or friday afternoon

CLpower

the ls1 in the fbodies was identical to the ones in the vette very underrated