Video: Nascar Dodge R5/P7 Race Engine Lucas Oil TestBy Chad Posted 07/23/09
The name Lucas Oil can be found in conjunction with every kind of motorsport imaginable, and in order to provide lubricants for all these applications, the company has to do a lot of testing. At BangShift.com, we're lucky enough to have a great relationship with the gang over at Lucas, so they let us hang out at Westech Performance Group while they test oil in race and street engines of all kinds. This week, we were there while a Dodge R5/P7 NASCAR Sprint Cup engine was being tested. How does 800-plus horsepower and 9,000-plus rpm sound to you? It sounds real good to us.
Lucas has partnerships with race teams from every conceivable sanctioning body, which explains how they got a fresh, recently qualified R5/P7 Dodge Sprint Cup Motor. We aren’t talking some mellow street version. This is the real deal, and came with headers that will make your toes curl, plus fuel lines, and a carb spacer and intake already tuned for this particular engine. The fabrication is truly amazing. Watch the video and you’ll here the screams of 358 angry inches at more than 9,000 rpm. It’s fantastic.
Check out the photos below the video, and as usual, click the button next to the time counter to see the vid in full screen mode.
Nascar R5%2fP7 Dodge Racing Engine 800 hp at 9000 rp
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Written by chad hookland Oct 27 2009
I don't understand you guys. ::) They may be very similar to the Chevy heads, but Nascar won't let Dodge run the Hemi heads. And what are the chevy guys running in top fuel again?? A HEMI!
I would love to have one of these engines in my 4 speed duster. They are getting cheaper too.
And who said anything about these being for a street car? Maybe a put down the the mart once in a while, but on any track it would be a blast to drive.
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Jul 24 2009
[quote author=studemax link=topic=13952.msg272408#msg272408 date=1248462198]
[quote]making that kind of power from a single 4 bbl 12:1 engine on gas is pretty good
those nascar boys can teach us a lot about airflow and efficency
nascar is a joke
[/quote]
Make up your mind - they can teach us something, or they can't.
[/quote]cute edit , letting dodge use gm cyl heads is the nascar joke
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Jul 24 2009
sanctioning body is a joke
Written by BigBlockMopar
Jul 24 2009
Nascar or not, anytime an v8 engine does it's 'song', it's just plain cool.
[i]Filmtip: when the camera is running in the dyno-cell and recording a run, turn-off the auto-focus function and manually focus on the engine first before hitting the record-button. This could prevent the image-blurring I think.[/i]
Written by min301
Jul 24 2009
In many technical areas, yes. But they have huge money into CNC,
and R&D, etc.
Written by studemax
Jul 24 2009
[quote]making that kind of power from a single 4 bbl 12:1 engine on gas is pretty good
those nascar boys can teach us a lot about airflow and efficency
nascar is a joke
[/quote]
Make up your mind - they can teach us something, or they can't.
Written by SpiderGearsMan
Jul 23 2009
[quote author=Speedzzter.blogspot link=topic=13952.msg271806#msg271806 date=1248360973]
Of course the R5/P7 has nothing to do with production or "street" engines. And running the sort of cam timing, induction package, and compression necessary to make 800+ h.p. at 9,000 rpm with a two-valve pushrod 358 would not be remotely possible for a daily driver.
Sure, it's cool to watch, but it has almost no relevance to anyone outisde oval track racing. A turbocharged Gen III hemi could make a lot more power, get better mileage, and would be infinitely more streetable. And it would be something that would cost a fraction of an R5/P7 mill.
NASCAR racing has drifted so far from "stock cars" that it's almost meaningless.
[/quote]boy , do you miss the point
making that kind of power from a single 4 bbl 12:1 engine on gas is pretty good
those nascar boys can teach us a lot about airflow and efficency - that backyard turbo motor might make more power , but isn't going to live long
dang if those aren't SB2-2 heads - nascar is a joke
Written by Swepty Jul 23 2009
Impractical, gas hog, stupid...I don't care! If Santa left that engine under my tree, the 318 would be out of the truck before lunch.
Written by Speedzzter.blogspot
Jul 23 2009
Of course the R5/P7 has nothing to do with production or "street" engines. And running the sort of cam timing, induction package, and compression necessary to make 800+ h.p. at 9,000 rpm with a two-valve pushrod 358 would not be remotely possible for a daily driver.
Sure, it's cool to watch, but it has almost no relevance to anyone outisde oval track racing. A turbocharged Gen III hemi could make a lot more power, get better mileage, and would be infinitely more streetable. And it would be something that would cost a fraction of an R5/P7 mill.
NASCAR racing has drifted so far from "stock cars" that it's almost meaningless.
chevy guys in top fuel ?
looks more like an oil derrick than a chevy
thanks wj