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Those are good numbers for a pump gas street engine. If you thought you were building a race engine then you went way too small on the cam and the compression.

The 512 low deck in my '65 Coronet makes similar numbers. I use a hyd roller cam with 250 at 0.050 cam and 10:1 compression. I also have CNC ported Edelbrock heads and a Performer RPM intake with a 750 carb.


The thought of trying the performer rpm intake on your motor crossed my mind. It may make the same or a bit less hp, but the midrange just might offset the loss of top end more than enough to go quicker, especially if you have a street/strip converter with less than optimum stall. Either way, that motor will put a smile on your face.



I've done a lot of A-B-A testing with dual plane and single plane intakes. The dual plane intakes are always better behaved on the street but they also always give up a small amount of top end power. On a real street car the dual plane is the way to go. On a marginal street car (steep gears, high stall converter, etc.) then maybe a person wants the extra power from the single plane. On the flip side, sometimes the stroker engines make so much torque that a person uses a single plane just to soften up the bottom end.

I'd never race a dual plane though. The cylinder to cylinder distribution issues are scary. Last time I ran an Indy DP on the dyno we lost a ton of power and the EGT's were all over the map. We shut the engine off to avoid any engine damage. The dyno operator and I looked at each other and swore "no more dual planes on race engines".



Interesting info Andy. I do use the Indy dual plane but I would classify my 63 as a real 99% street car as I dive it alot and the last few years I am lucky to make the track once a year. I last went in Oct 2013 and hope to run at MIR on Oct 25th 2014. And I can honestly say I dont think I ever floor my 63 on the street as its not many places to even want to around my area and I dont need any tickets or trouble with the law. In fact the first time I raced my 63 at the track with the 493 I had to jet up as it was busting up over 5000 rpm and I did not know since it drove fine and I had never floored it on the street to even hit 5000 rpm.
I will say the driveability is great on the street with the dual plane but I want to try a single plane and see how the car likes it. I run 4.30's with a 30" tall tire and use a 9.5 Dynamic street/strip converter that flashes about 4200 at the track and drives around normal on the street. And my car weighs just over 3700 lbs. The other problem is my hood clearance as I believe the MP 337 intake is one of the only single planes that may fit under my hood as I wont change my hood or the scoop on the car. So I would love to try the single plane MP 337 intake and it would be nice to bolt a dominator on also. But cash is tight and I dont know when or if I will get to try a single plane. Course I need to see if my 3700 lb 4.30 geared 63 will like a single plane intake on the street. All I can say is when and if I get to try one if it goes faster I will get one to permanetly put on the car as I still like the old drag theory if it goes faster leave it on the car. Ron