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Have you checked out the builds from this year's competition? Some really impressive engines were put together!
Here's a link to John kasse's Boss engine;
404ci Boss Ford by Jon Kaase Racing at the Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge 2014, With Video - Hot Rod Magazine Blog
While I was interested in the 404.. the link down below takes you to the 599.. here's good reading! Wish I had the disposable income! :D
Quote, "The 4.600-inch bore, 4.500-inch stroke combination measured almost 600 cubic inches, with a displacement of 599 ci. Kaase designed his Boss Nine top-end package to retrofit onto a common 429/460 385-series Ford block, however the block in this case was a beefed version of the passenger car style block from Ford Motorsports. The trump card here are those huge Boss heads, capable of funneling in a monster 520 cfm of peak airflow.
The big Boss featured a FAST efi system, meaning no frantic wrench swinging in the dyno during the time-limited Engine Masters qualifying session. Tuning action was confined to fingers on a keyboard, hunting for a razor sharp tune. The monster Ford required resetting the torque limits on the dyno to handle the massive twist – enough to send a cloud of steam from the dyno’s absorber with each run as it literally boiled the water in the machine. The team ended the session with almost 1,000 horsepower, recording an average peak power of 982 horsepower at the end of qualifying (and the engine was still climbing in horsepower when it hit the Engine Masters-specified 6,500-rpm cutoff). Posting a score of 2833.6, the Almost Kaase team easily grabbed the first position in the current standings.
Read more: 980 Horsepower, 599ci Kaase Boss at Engine Masters 2014
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Yeah, that's one heck of an engine!!! I have seen a pair of the Boss 9 heads, they look just as good as they perform!!!! Definitely on my "when I win the Lottery" list!!!!!
Same here! Hey.. does that make Jon Kaase a "tuner"???**):LOL:**):LOL::eek::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson