Hennessey Motorsports Dyno Day.
On October the 11th of this year, Miata Mania, The Southeast Texas
Chapter of the Miata Club of America (aka Houston Miata Club), descended - in the middle
of a pouring rain storm - on Hennessey
Motorsports in Katy, Texas. The huge facility, formerly an aircraft hanger, provided
an ideal site for dyno testing some extremely strong modified Miatas.
The boys (from left to right)
- Shiv Pathak (father of Frankenstein), a Hennessey technician,
and wearing the elegant Flyin' Miata t-shirt, my friend Bill Clifford.
The picture above reflects the essence of Dyno Day - people with a passion for
modifying cars getting together to test and talk about their modifications
John Hennessey testing a 550 HP Viper
Besides John Hennessey, one of the premier ultra-high performance tuners in the world, we were fortunate to have both Corky Bell (Mr. Turbo) and Bill Cardell (Mr. Miata) attend our Dyno Day event.
Corky is President of the
Bell Engineering Group, Inc. Bill is President of The
Dealer Alternative.
All three of these guys love cars and love to get their hands dirty. John, Corky and Bill were more than willing to sharing their vast experience by either crawling under the hood to help tune modified engines or by test driving individual cars.
Cardell, as usual, went the extra mile. He brought parts with him from Colorado and was
up to nearly daybreak helping prepare cars for dyno testing.
Horsepower and Torque (ft lb) were measured on Hennessey Motorsport's Dynojet Model 248E dynamometer on October 11, 1997. All
numbers are at the rear wheels and are SAE corrected.
Shiv Pathak's car is the only 1.8 liter car tested (a typical 1.8 liter car will produce
105 HP and 100 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels).
owner |
induction |
manufacture |
max horsepower |
max torque |
data and photographs |
Bill Cardell | turbo w/ nitrous oxide | Flyin' Miata Bell Warner-IHI |
264.2 |
259.3 |
|
Shiv Pathak | turbo | Bell Warner-IHI Electromotive |
224.9 |
249.1 |
|
Bill Cardell | turbo | Flyin' Miata Bell Warner-IHI |
209.6 |
189.0 |
|
Bill Clifford | turbo | Flyin' Miata Bell Warner-IHI |
201.7 |
173.0 |
|
Dennis O'Brien | turbo | Bell Aerodyne | 149.6 |
149.2 |
|
Clinton Ray Host | supercharger | Bell Autorotor | 144.3 |
153.7 |
|
Jim Masterson | supercharger | Sebring | 141.4 |
130.7 |
|
Ara Malkhassian | cold air induction | Jackson Racing | 116.4 |
101.8 |
|
John Youens | modified air box | Racing Beat | 106.6 |
95.7 |
|
Manuel Chau | factory air box | Mazda | 106.0 |
97.5 |
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