Street strip max wedge
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Anyone here have personnel experience running a max wedge cross ram on a street strip car. How does the cross ram work on the street. Does it work better with 500 + cubic inches.
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Re: Street strip max wedge
[Re: B G Racing]
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This is what I am hoping. Since I am a blue collar Mopar guy with a redheaded wife one car is going to have to wear couple two or three hats. It needs to be good looking, consistent, reliable and run 11.50 in the heat and look
like a stock max wedge car. My pick of cars to do this is a 1963 Savoy Plymouth. When I was a youngster a friend had a black 63 Savoy with alabaster and black interior that I thought was awesome. So the same my Plymouth must be.
Here are a few of the arenas the the old girl will have to compete in.
1. Saturday night car shows and cruises.
2. Bracket races,muscle car club challenges and nss
3. Drag Week
4. Pure Stock Drags
Primary engine wil be a 4.30 stroke 500+ ci with 10 to 1 compression 248 at 50 flat tappet with mid 5 lifts with RAS 1.6 rockers, reproduction maxi heads with mild porting with 2.19 intake and 1.81 exhaust valves and hard seats. Stock maxi intake and exhaust manifolds with 3705 afb's.
Pure stock will require a second engine built to legal specs for class.
The car will be tied but no roll bar. Dvorak springs, double adjustable shocks front and rear. 3.55 gear for big engine 4.30 for the pure stock.
So can it be done or am
I asking to much. 11.50 is fast enough I don't want a roll bar.
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Re: Street strip max wedge
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Thumper I am trying to stay fairly mild in all areas with the large cubic inch engine for the reliability and the ability of using the 3.55 gear for cruising and still meet my performance goals.
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Re: Street strip max wedge
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Ron I can't afford two cars so I will be building two engines. I actually have most the parts for both engines. It has taken years to collect the pieces to do this project but I have most of what I need and will be moving forward on this project.
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Re: Street strip max wedge
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09/18/13 05:34 PM
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Ron I can't afford two cars so I will be building two engines. I actually have most the parts for both engines. It has taken years to collect the pieces to do this project but I have most of what I need and will be moving forward on this project.
Thats cool.  Are you building an eng to stock specs for the Pure Stock Races ? Ron
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Re: Street strip max wedge
[Re: 383man]
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Yes I have un modified 286 heads , max wedge cross ram,413 industrial block and 3705 carbs for the stock build. The only piece I don't have is exhaust manifolds and those are available in reproduction if it comes to that.
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Re: Street strip max wedge
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09/18/13 06:42 PM
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Anyone here have personnel experience running a max wedge cross ram on a street strip car. How does the cross ram work on the street. Does it work better with 500 + cubic inches.
They work great on the street...The idle quality and throttle repsonse is fantastic..I love these engines. I have built a few stock appearing(FAST) MW's and really like them. If they held on a bit better up top, theyd really be deadly, but for what you are doing it will be more than fine.
Feel free to drop me a PM for any assistance...I have dynoed a bunch of cams in these and have something that works really well..
MB
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Still plenty streetable but just noticed the "no bar"............ 
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