New guy to the forum, hello all!
I bought a 70 Duster, older Allston chassis super pro bracket car late season 2011 and the engine blew fall of 2012. BME rods with 532 1/2 passes lol, should have known better. I'm now in the planning stages for a new engine/set up.
The car ran 10.0x in good air. 440 close if not stock 452's 280 @ .050 590 lift cam, 2560 with me in it, 4.56 gears, glide, 14x32 goodyears. The car was really consistent to 1,000 ft. but would sometimes throw me a number or 2 the last 320. Video tapped the tach, appx. 5,000 at the hit, shift at 5,600, trapped around 6,500.
I know there are many variables to inconsistency on the big end. I have to build a engine so I would like to spend the money wisely.
Big cube engine = more torque each power stroke, smaller cube = more power strokes? Is a heavier car less affected by wind changes on the top end? Advantage to having a set up that runs better on the back half than it does the front half?
Thanks in advance for any input!