New format levels the playing field for competitors who will take on the COMP Cams® engine dyno September 15-18 in Memphis, TN
Once again, eight of the top Mopar engine builders in the country will descend on the Memphis, TN, headquarters of COMP Cams® in their quest to win the prestigious 2008 AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge. An annual pilgrimage for Mopar power builders, this year the challenge will include a slightly different format using 440cid “spec” engines, a new test for this very competitive field of builders. As has become the norm, performance engine builder fans will be able to tune into
www.powerperformancenews.com for photo and video coverage of the event.
Randy Bolig, Editor of Mopar Muscle magazine said, “This year's AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge is a little different from previous challenges. In the past, we let the engine builders choose the parts they felt would work the best while staying within a specific set of rules. After the dyno testing was over, we tallied each engine's total peak horsepower and torque from a single dyno pull, and divided that number from the retail cost of a pre-determined list of hard parts used (e.g. heads, rods, etc.)
“This year we changed it up by specifying a stock stroke, a 0.030-inch maximum overbore and requiring the use of the same style of cylinder heads. Now, we place the burden of making power on the engine builder. Since we did have a short list of required parts, we removed the retail cost factor and decided to highlight the engine builder's talents and see what happens. This should be an exciting challenge for sure.”
For more information about the 2008 COMP Cams®-hosted AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Engine Challenge or any COMP Cams® events and products, call us at 1-800-999-0853, or visit us online at
www.compcams.com.
