Re: I need more power
[Re: NoFrills]
#2668040
06/20/19 04:32 PM
06/20/19 04:32 PM
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Al_Alguire
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My suggestion is look for places to drop weight out of the car. LOTS of places you can trim lbs out of a car. At your performance level should not take a lot of work to find 50hp worth of excess weight in the car
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Re: I need more power
[Re: Al_Alguire]
#2668044
06/20/19 04:42 PM
06/20/19 04:42 PM
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B3422W5
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Changing the heads will be the quickest fix. No doubt about it
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight 418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4 1.41 best 60 foot 6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: I need more power
[Re: merpar]
#2668294
06/21/19 10:50 AM
06/21/19 10:50 AM
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fast68plymouth
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Not the cheapest....... but probably the “easiest”.
408/416 stroker with some tweaked aluminum heads.
Basically, a 4” cast crank and a set of off the shelf pistons swapped into the current motor, and better heads.
68 Satellite, 383 with stock 906’s, 3550lbs, 11.18@123 Dealer for Comp Cams/Indy Heads
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Re: I need more power
[Re: fast68plymouth]
#2668331
06/21/19 12:06 PM
06/21/19 12:06 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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With your weight the stroker 416 would help a lot.. it would add the torque you need and look at the weight.. will you be running a back seat if you are you might want to take that out plus the fiberglass hood and manual hinges with a prop rod.. battery in the trunk.. just a couple of things.. have fun on DW.. its usually pretty damn hot
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Re: I need more power
[Re: NoFrills]
#2668396
06/21/19 03:05 PM
06/21/19 03:05 PM
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pittsburghracer
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I do have a 418 short deck r3 but its 13:1 and dont really want to buy race gas for the whole trip. The car is fairly lightened. No back seat or heater. Most of the brackets are gone or swiss cheesed. Usually run it with around 7 to 10 gallons of fuel. Would like to put a set of trickflow heads on it but am waiting on a coupon or Ebay sale. Keep your eyes open or make a post on Monday that you need a Jegs or Summit 10% off code. Jegs and Summit will both be at Norwalk for the NHRA race and will probably be passing them out. I would have loved to go but with all the rain I'm way behind with yardwork.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: I need more power
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#2668417
06/21/19 03:52 PM
06/21/19 03:52 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,245 Between a rock & a hard place
cudadoug
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I do have a 418 short deck r3 but its 13:1 and dont really want to buy race gas for the whole trip. The car is fairly lightened. No back seat or heater. Most of the brackets are gone or swiss cheesed. Usually run it with around 7 to 10 gallons of fuel. Would like to put a set of trickflow heads on it but am waiting on a coupon or Ebay sale. THIS^^^^, Add a set of Trick Flow heads along with a cam that's in the 260's @ .050. Hear ya on the race gas. What about E85??
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Re: I need more power
[Re: NoFrills]
#2668464
06/21/19 05:53 PM
06/21/19 05:53 PM
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thecarfarmer
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I thought about going e85 but the closest station is about 30 miles away next closest is over 50 Sounds like a good way to build some extra drama into the trip, looking for fuel that ain't readily available... Just my .02; best of luck
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Re: I need more power
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#2668501
06/21/19 08:08 PM
06/21/19 08:08 PM
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polyspheric
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I carry my methanol with me - it's in my Snow water injection tank. Light throttle use: lasts a month. At 30 psi: much less.
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