Re: its winter...so how about a "what will it make" post...
[Re: fast68plymouth]
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01/30/12 11:36 AM
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440Jim
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typical summer ET's are mid-9.80's 60' times are usually around 1.31 best ET was a 9.66 this fall, 137mph and its gone 1.29 60' a few times.
The owner should be very happy with that. It exceeded his expectations, and makes great ET IMO.
If he could fit some 31" tall slicks under it (vs 30), that would help bring the finish line rpm down.
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Re: its winter...so how about a "what will it make" post...
[Re: 440Jim]
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01/30/12 03:02 PM
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If he could fit some 31" tall slicks under it (vs 30), that would help bring the finish line rpm down
I run the Hoosier 30 x 10.5 radial on my car also. The rollout on that tire is only 92.5". My 29.5 x 10.5 M/T`s look huge next to them. The rollout on those is 94"
Last edited by Dap; 01/30/12 03:43 PM.
PRH446 10.084 @ 135.21 mph N/A through chambered mufflers,3300lbs. Stock stroke wedge
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Re: its winter...so how about a "what will it make" post...
[Re: Big Squeeze]
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02/02/12 11:19 AM
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I agree for a race car that Vert is working great But to the other point, for a dual purpose car this motor has such Massively Fat torque below 4000 it could be a shame to side-step it when you could maybe put it to work a litle more efficiently This motor is what I expected from Dwayne, us Old schoolers spent so many years working with the old iron big block heads that simply didn't flow anywhere near what heads do today, or what most of the BB chevy competition had back then. But the torque was there, you just needed to know how to get those head CFM limited under-ported motors to hang on to the torque long enough to get some decent RPM out of those old Iron heads. We could still ET with the chevies....even if they out MPH'ed us. My point is that if you learned how to make the old Junk run Fast (even though it wasn't supposed to "on Paper") makes all these bigger cubes and affordable head flow that much more fun to work with. This thread reminds me of those old days where the combo goes faster than the people peering over the fenders might think it would. Great thread, Buddy!
Last edited by Streetwize; 02/02/12 11:25 AM.
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