Tim must live in San Fran......... smoking something but its not weed.
Here is a new way of thinking: Quit Bitching and actually do it to your truck. Make us all bow to you. Wait.......that would be smart.

 

GOD DAMN TIM!

How much did that thing cost?

Robs gonna blow his wad when he sees that.

 

Hey! Thats where Red92's bong went! He's been bitching about losing that thing for over a month now. Sheesh....

 

When did Rob grow hair

Oh Yeah, Hair Club for Men

 

Dunno -- That's just a pic I found on the Net.

 

awwwwww

 

one thing nobody has commented at all about is how MMFF conveniently left out the torque numbers from when they dynoed the procharger at 14#. my guess, it was so much lower than the roots they didnt want to compromise the integrity of the article.

only when they upped the boost to 19# did they print the torque numbers, which were only about 40 ft/lbs higher than the roots at only 14#!!! debate that! a centrifugal sucks for torque.

it was an apples and oranges comparison. compare an ATI and a Kenne Bell and see what happens. then race them with straight axles and slicks.

 

If a HP number was mentioned at a given RPM, then torque was also mentioned. Torque = HP X 5250/RPMs. If it makes 20% more HP, then at peak HP (assuming the same RPM), it also makes 20% more torque. It's a simple, indisputable proposition.

Torque is a static measure of force only. Horsepower (force X time = work = power) is always what moves a vehicle, from idle to redline. Always.

Given the right set of gears or pullies, I could lift the statue of liberty off its base. But it would take me about 50 years worth of turning -- 1 micron of movement at a time. As Archimedes said -- "Give me a fulcrum strong enough, and a lever long enough, and I can move the world." My point -- force without time is meaningless.

Translating your post into correct scientific terminology, you seem to be indicating that the shape of the _HORSEPOPWER_ curve on the ProCharged Cobra is such that the engine does not make as much _HORSEPOWER_ down low. Once cannot make that evaluation without having the curve in front of you. Peak torque numbers do not tell the story any better than peak HP numbers. The true expression of available power is total area under the _HORSEPOWER_ curve.

But, despite that long-winded retort, your apparent larger point that peak HP numbers do not tell the whole story is well taken.

Trap speeds and full cent dyno charts will be coming soon enough. We'll have the answer then.

 

Take a look at the boosted list on LS1Tech. Lot's of ATI's lighter cars and only 6 of the 10 fastest are using Paxtons or ATI's. There are alot of fast ATI cars and even more dyno Queens.