I am sure there will be several "new bests",,,thought i would post mine.
I blew the motor up LAST YEAR at Bowling Green
,,,,and had it re-done over the winter,,nothing fancy,,,re-used my E heads,,,,and changed the cam.
Previous motor was awesome,,(440, solid cam, E heads, 13:1) ,ran well,,,low maintenance,,,and i had tons of runs on it,,,,no complaints,,,
Porter Racing did the new motor, short block,,,451, solid cam, 13:1 E heads,,,made 650 HP and 580 tq on Dwaynes dyno..........
Best ET LAST year was 10.26 @129 @ Norwalk with a DA of 600,,,so i was hoping to get close to that with the new motor.
Just got the "new" motor installed this week,,,and fired it up 2 days before leaving home............
Got to the track Friday,,,for the first run ,,,, Car went 10.21 off the trailer,,,, woo hoo...NEW BEST ,,, first run,,,,MPH was about 130....
Second run,,,,10.23 with a drop in 60',,,
very happy,,,,
Saturday AM,,,,nice and cool,,,,,,did some minor adjustments....expecting some more 10.20's.......
First run............ 10.12 @ 131.3 !!!!
Second run 10.14 @ 131 YIKES,,,,,,,,, didnt see that coming....
This was with a 1.44 60',,,, ( best 60' in the past was a 1.40)........ so.......there might be a little more.
Was with Mr P body and Labratt,,,, got some suggestions on the suspension,,,that might help....(Thanks Mike and Randy)
Also noticed my slicks are SHOT......... no wear hole to be seen,,,,,,
so,,,,new set of slicks,,,and some front end "tweeking",,,might help even more....we'll see....
Very happy with the results,,,,was hoping the new motor would run a 10.26 or close,,,,,,but thrilled to get a 10.12 @ 131MPH
I put all the motor specs,,,,,(FYI),,,if anyone is interested,,,,nothing to hide,,,,
1965 Plymouth Belvedere
(updated 4/2010)
-New motor from Porter Racing 451, tall fill with hard block. .055 over.
Ross dome pistons
BME rods
Ohio crank, stock stroke 4340
Comp Cams flat tappet cam, nitrided, 304/304, 272/272, 108 LSA, 650 lift w/1.6 rockers
Cam lash = .020 HOT **
Compression around 13:1 (
Indy 1.6 rockers
Victor 440 intake
Holley Dominator 1050HP
Supersucker 4 hole spacer
TTI 2” x 3.5 nickel plated headers
MSD digital 6plus ignition
MSD crank trigger
MSD billet distributor
Edelbrock heads (ported by PRH)
Made 652 HP @ 7200 RPM,,,,and 564 tq at 5800 RPM on PRH dyno 38* timing
NGK plugs (V power 9 R5671A-9 ) **
Firecore wires
Dana 60 w/ 4.56 gears
Wilwood disc brakes x 4
Caltracs, rancho -9 shocks, QA-1 front shocks
Bondo Bob K frame, motor ears, limiter, steering link, modification
CRT trans with Griner valve body, CRT clutchs, (installed 8/09)
Turbo Action 8” 5800 STALL re-done by TA 6/07
31 x 10.5 x 15w M/T slicks (13-14 lbs)
29” front runners 30-35lbs
Timing 38*
Weight of car 3260 w/out driver
Oil Filter Wix
Brad Penn oil ( 20/50)
NOTE: plugs are INDEXED *******
ps,,,,THANKS DWAYNE,,,,,,
Now if I can just curtail that snoring of his!!!... 