Check out this. I think Tomei would know their s##t:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy03MqqZGeY&list=PL171F4B6225C57B22

16#hp, watched it a week ago so dont remember the exact figures

Hey short-coupe. You just have not been looking hard enough to find a fast A series lol The car that converted was talking about was the car that I use to drive in the 90's. We had an A15 and we were constantly the fastest under 2 litre Improved Production car. I still have the Under 2 litre lap record at Amaroo haha it closed in 1997 so it can never be broken. It was only last year that most of my records were beaten.

My L18 in my PRC 1600 rally car has 104 RWKW on Stewart Wilkins dyno.

BHP = BRAKE HORSE POWER

BHP@WHEELS is measured on a chassis dyno allowing the engine power to go through the cars components

BHP is automatically assumed at the flywheel or using an engine dyno

cheers

okie dokie, my old dyno readings where in BHP, on a rolling dyno , not a engine dyno, that's the confusion i had.

Quote:Yes, bhp is "brake horsepower" -- as measured on a brake (dyno). See: wiki - Performance.

Remember all cars (vintage and new) are measured at the flywheel. But we use Net horsepower now instead of gross/bhp.

just something ive noticed is the same thing i got caught out on, bhp= flywheel i think youll find

all the quick coupes i have seen race at lakeside, all had l series, i have never seen one with a A series, i remember 3 at one event, 1 had a L18, another had L20 and the other had a L28, all had recessed fire walls, i have never seen a quick A series coupe race before. these where in sports sedans, not club cars, i remember for a while the quickest 1600c and under car was a L16 powered P510, that made 170 flywheel hp

Re My real deal comment, it relates to the car having a good history and real HP. If I didn't have 2 racecars under construction as well as a rod I would have grabbed this car cause it really is a sweet car. As for the wheels they are on my ute but my oldest son has claimed it and is finishing off for his daily driver. I must make a point here to about the Shellsport cars not all of them has engine setbacks they became more popular as the series went on but many front running cars did'nt have them. Growing up in that era of course meant that we all copied our hero cars and cut the firewalls. Bryan Roycrofts coupe has always been one of the fastest 1200s and was a Shellsport car and it is still front engined althought he strut towers have been massaged heavily to adjust the steering geometry.

yerr right guys, what about 15.1 compression, running on methanol stop the bullsh!t, A15 is not a F1 motor, anyone can play with dyno's settings to show more

What are you trying to say here?
no hard feelings ment shortcoupe ,
but i am cluey when it comes to this stuff and im no youngster on a tight budget so i do spend big bucks on my race cars.

as for L series i had a wiz bank 2.32 with 48mm webbers made 168hp@wheels spent $15000 and i think thats almost the best you can get out of those engines ......
there is a big difference between 135hp and 168hp @wheels the other thing to remember in a 1200 coupe the wieght diffence between an l series and an a series engine .

cheers

yerr i thinking this just before, comparing a race engine to a streeter, i wasn't putting down anyone's car or motor. but 190+bhp = over 245hp at flywheel.