I had a customer who had me assemble his 383 high compression street motor for him with a cross ram intake like that one, he had either 600 or 650 Holley D.P. (CRS
), an old Isky street solid roller cam, 505T grind I think, with a stock 1962 727 tranny and converter, in a 1963 dart with the stock 7.0 inch rear end with probably 2.7? gears and small height 14 inch rims and street tires. That combination was a dead dog at WOT until it got up to 3000 RPM and then it would start to set you way back in the seat and pull really hard up to 8000 RPM, it was like it was on a switch. That was back in 1972/1973 era, I didn't know about LSA and other things I have since learned about
I had agreed to do that job based on him installing an 8 3/4 rear end with 4;56 gears and a new B&M race converter, he punk out once the motor was assembled and insisted on hearing it run in the car so he could drive it, I should have said no way, JOSE
But I didn't
One of the many mistakes I have made on this journey on learning how to go faster
I'm hoping my new car hauls the mail really fast
) I acquired a used STR14 and called Edelbrock to get a recommendation on carbs. The guy said sell it to a show car guy because it makes less HP than a TM7 and an 850. I sold it to a guy that was putting a 440 in a 57 Chevy. Never heard how that worked out.
