TheSamba.com :: View topic - anyone running a FK-10 on the street?

Mon May 28, 2007 11:44 am

You are right I am old and I also do not know how to post the garphs. So tell me how and I will post them.

Mon May 28, 2007 12:36 pm

Are they saved on your computer now?

Mon May 28, 2007 1:03 pm

no they are on paper,but I have a scanner ,so tell me how to scan them and the steps to get them posted

Mon May 28, 2007 2:38 pm

James I posted earlier in this topic that if you would email me I'd send you the graph because I couldn't get it to post here. Remember old guys rule, 55 here.

Mon May 28, 2007 2:42 pm

Bones 53 wrote: James I posted earlier in this topic that if you would email me I'd send you the graph because I couldn't get it to post here. Remember old guys rule, 55 here.

is this at crank or at wheels? sounds mickymouse hp for 2007cc.

Mon May 28, 2007 2:59 pm

This is at the flywheel. The elevation is 4888 above sea level. I won't get into HP readings on a dyno. This is the real deal. No orange county factors, no flash readings. Each dyno will be different and an honest operator is the key. I have not run the car in the 1/4 mile. It has 90 miles on it so far and is a heavy car 2080 lbs without driver.

Mon May 28, 2007 4:04 pm

This is 150 HP at sea level , remember it iss a 3% loss for every 1000 feet.

Mon May 28, 2007 6:25 pm

man this thread seriously has me considering a k-10.. especially since im considering going 82x92 now

Mon May 28, 2007 6:36 pm

Are the cam son the same lobe center and or is the fk-10 advanced?

Thanks for posting it

Mon May 28, 2007 9:10 pm

yes the lobe centers are both 108

Mon May 28, 2007 10:26 pm

Ken Taber wrote: Also the CB 2289 which is similar to engle fk87 will make a few hp more but it is much more pipey and not as driveable on the street.

Ken,

The CB 2289 is honestly NOT similar to the fk87. Everyone has their interpretation of what is driveable. If you use 42mm vents on a set of IDA's with a 2276 or 2332 I bet the CB2289 is suprisingly tame on the street with no boggy/soggy feeling.

Tue May 29, 2007 9:59 am

Allen you are probably right. The cam specs for the cb cam look very similar to the 87 is what I am going on. I have not tried one so I don"t know. I have dyno'd and run the 87 in a street car .

Tue May 29, 2007 2:05 pm

Hey Ken, good to see your still out there trying to make things happen. Good luck-----Steve

Tue May 29, 2007 4:23 pm

I've ran a FK8, FK10, and an 86c all in the same engine combo (no, not all at the same time :lol: ).

I liked the K8 best for driveability, even though it wasn't that much different than the other two in my EFI engine, note "EFI"

Deano wrote up in HVWs how smooth and driveable my car was when the FK10 was in it. Gene Berg always called the K10 a spring breaker as that was where he felt the VW duals started to be inadequate.

The 86c made the most power, but not a lot different than the k10.

I started with the 10, went to the c, then put an 8 in it.

Wed May 30, 2007 2:01 pm

something looks funny to me in the graph data.... why doesn't it show any data from the K-8 under 3k rpm? the K-10 starts at 2k rpm I would like to see the data from 0 torque /0 rpm to max. It looks like the K-8 data was moved over to the right by 1K rpm. The story would be different then.

Wed May 30, 2007 2:19 pm

Graph looks OK to me torque and hp intersect at what looks like 5300 and 5500 so clos enough to 5400 :wink:

Wed May 30, 2007 3:19 pm

The graph is correct. The reason you don't see anything below 3K on the k-8 is because it will not run below 3k with a full load on it. That is one of the drawbacks of this cam. Even though the k-10 has more duration , it will run at a lower rpm with a load on it! Dynos don't lie. Ken

Wed May 30, 2007 3:35 pm

tomnotch wrote: I've ran a FK8, FK10, and an 86c all in the same engine combo (no, not all at the same time :lol: ).

I liked the K8 best for driveability, even though it wasn't that much different than the other two in my EFI engine, note "EFI"

Deano wrote up in HVWs how smooth and driveable my car was when the FK10 was in it. Gene Berg always called the K10 a spring breaker as that was where he felt the VW duals started to be inadequate.

The 86c made the most power, but not a lot different than the k10.

I started with the 10, went to the c, then put an 8 in it.

what's the engine displacement then? :lol:

Wed May 30, 2007 3:38 pm

They are both 78X90.5 = 2007 . The only difference is the cam

Thu May 31, 2007 1:17 am

run a 86c or a fk46 and be done. lots of torque and will pull to 7500 -8000 with good heads and 10:1 k8 and k10 its all over at 6500. :roll: