Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in
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Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in
What are your thoughts good, bad, or indifferent?
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
Dave,
There are a few members running AR engines... maybe they will pipe in. I'm installing one of their 355CI/Dart head engines this weekend, but it will still be a week or two before I can fire it up as I still have to send this thing off to a muffler shop to route the sidepipes to the new headers. I can tell you that I have gotten really good support up to this point as I have probably popped 12-15 e-mails to Mark asking everything I can think of to get everything set up right before I do start it. He's given me everthing from timing advance, initial start-up recommendations, header sizes to maximize HP, distributor information, plug gap, break-in period and help with a stripped bolt hole I found in the waterpump area. Most... if not all... are reconditioned SBC blocks(mine came out of a '72 Z-28 Camaro), so I guess they missed it. Not a real problem as he gave me the depth I could drill in and heli-coil the hole. A great looking engine... I guess we will see what happens from here on out. Like a few others, I do plan on putting this vette on the strip, so obviously I'll be slinging the rods around enough to get a good idea how good of work they do. Everything that I see in the engine it is built to do it though.
There are a few members running AR engines... maybe they will pipe in. I'm installing one of their 355CI/Dart head engines this weekend, but it will still be a week or two before I can fire it up as I still have to send this thing off to a muffler shop to route the sidepipes to the new headers. I can tell you that I have gotten really good support up to this point as I have probably popped 12-15 e-mails to Mark asking everything I can think of to get everything set up right before I do start it. He's given me everthing from timing advance, initial start-up recommendations, header sizes to maximize HP, distributor information, plug gap, break-in period and help with a stripped bolt hole I found in the waterpump area. Most... if not all... are reconditioned SBC blocks(mine came out of a '72 Z-28 Camaro), so I guess they missed it. Not a real problem as he gave me the depth I could drill in and heli-coil the hole. A great looking engine... I guess we will see what happens from here on out. Like a few others, I do plan on putting this vette on the strip, so obviously I'll be slinging the rods around enough to get a good idea how good of work they do. Everything that I see in the engine it is built to do it though.
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
What are your thoughts good, bad, or indifferent?
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (GrandSportC3)
Another great thing is that the advertised horsepower is not just a bogus number... After dyno testing the car - it dynoed at approx. 365 RWHP.. and the peak HP hasn't even been reached... The engine has never been professionally tuned.. A good dyno tuning usually adds another 15 - 20 HP...
Assuming a 20% drivetrain loss - the power is very close to the number that they've advertised...
Assuming a 20% drivetrain loss - the power is very close to the number that they've advertised...
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (GrandSportC3)
I too have bought from AR but still haven't received my engine yet. Should be here next week or so. I have been very pleased with their customer support and Mark's willingness to sell me the right engine for my needs and answer my numerous emails and phone calls.
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I too have bought from AR but still haven't received my engine yet. Should be here next week or so.
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
How long have you been waiting?
Mark could have just sent me the E-TEC engine untested like a lot of other places will do and I would have been very dissapointed. I like his honesty and I don't mind waiting if it's for good reasons....and most of them my fault :D
Mine should be shipping out this week.
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
I bought one of their engines too, Mark is great! Before I bought the engine I was sending emails left and right asking questions, he answered them all and I'm not talking taking a couple of days to answer, he did it wth in the hour. I sent him an email this morning because I am having trouble installing the pilot bushing, answered me with in a hour and gave me some ideas! He knows how to sell them, knows how to back his engines up and builds very high quality!
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
I called the guys at Maxhorsepower.com right before New Years. They have discontinued the engines you see listed on their webpage.
I bought a 240 HP crate longblock from http://www.rebuiltcarengines.com. Engines are definately a bit milder, but it came with a 3 year/unimited mile warranty, parts and labor. Good 'nuff for my daily driver, I can add HP later!
I bought a 240 HP crate longblock from http://www.rebuiltcarengines.com. Engines are definately a bit milder, but it came with a 3 year/unimited mile warranty, parts and labor. Good 'nuff for my daily driver, I can add HP later!
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Right now Golen is leading the pack. I'm making my mind up by tomorrow.
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (63Banshee)
Does AR Racing have a website? Could someone please post it if they do? Thanks!
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Re: Those of you with experience with AR Racing / maxhorsepower.com please chime in (88'Cubka)
Does AR Racing have a website? Could someone please post it if they do? Thanks!
However - they don't have the racing engines on their website.. They only advertise their HP engines on Ebay...
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Does AR Racing have a website? Could someone please post it if they do? Thanks!