|
Help- 440 won't rev past 5200
#701864
05/18/10 08:46 PM
05/18/10 08:46 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 735 Spokane,WA
Genuinejed
OP
super stock
|
OP
super stock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 735
Spokane,WA
|
I recently swapped heads on my 65 coronet and now can't get it to rev past 5200. Motor is a 440 with a voodoo 60304 cam, KB flat tops, weiand tunnel ram with two 600 eddy carbs. Had ported 452s with stock rockers on it and it ran great all the way to 6000. Swapped on a set of ProComp heads with 1.6 hughes rockers. Only change was the heads and rockers. Acts like its running out of fuel, but I have at least 9 psi fuel pressure all the time. Car has holley black pump and -8 AN line. Tried jetting up and down and bigger needle/seats. Carbs have 98/107 jets now. I'm wondering if maybe it's valve float. Could the change in rocker ratios cause this? I have the voodoo valve springs recommended for this cam. Track opens this week and I have some Chebbies to work over! Thanks!
1968 Plymouth road runner
1968 Dodge Coronet 500
64 D200
Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick Two.
|
|
|
Re: Help- 440 won't rev past 5200
[Re: Steve1118]
#701867
05/18/10 10:27 PM
05/18/10 10:27 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 735 Spokane,WA
Genuinejed
OP
super stock
|
OP
super stock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 735
Spokane,WA
|
I checked piston to valve clearance before assembly and it was fine. I checked the pushrod length and ordered some off the shelf pushrods. Adjustment went fine and lifter preload is 1 1/2 turn or about .040. I checked the throttle and carbs. They are opening all the way. Car runs great down low and pulls hard, just seems to run out of steam at about 5000. No drama, just stops accelerating.
1968 Plymouth road runner
1968 Dodge Coronet 500
64 D200
Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick Two.
|
|
|
Re: Help- 440 won't rev past 5200
[Re: formula S]
#701870
05/19/10 12:11 AM
05/19/10 12:11 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,385 Las Vegas
Al_Alguire
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 19,385
Las Vegas
|
Valvesprinigs or some associated valvetrain hardware.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
|
|
|
Re: Help- 440 won't rev past 5200
[Re: Al_Alguire]
#701871
05/19/10 01:22 AM
05/19/10 01:22 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 214 Colo Springs, CO
DconD100
enthusiast
|
enthusiast
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 214
Colo Springs, CO
|
I agree with valve springs. Do the new heads have the same installed height as your old ones?
Pump Gas Small Blocks Rock!
11.53 @ 116mph E85 408 at 8500 ft da,
3605 pound truck, 3.91s, street driven
|
|
|
|
|
|