Posted By: Scoober
Nascar truck engine for street strip A body?? - 03/09/17 07:11 PM
Hello All,
I am looking for advice from the engine heads here!! I picked up a Dodge Nascar truck engine, complete less the carb. It was freshened up after running a race at Daytona years ago and sat in a garage sealed tight. It has a dry sump oil system on it. I know very little about dry sump systems at this point, but from what I am reading, this type of system is not used on street/strip cars very much. I want to install it into an A body strip/mostly street car.
My question is whether I should convert the engine to wet sump(which I assume is possible)or go my original route of a quality crate engine and sell the truck engine. Is it too radical an engine for street use?? It is in the 650 to 700hp range. Will swapping the oil systems be involved and expensive?? Are these engine blocks and heads hard to get mounts and headers for?? The heads are W-9's I think??
I got a very good deal on this engine, so I could spend several thousand dollars on the conversion and still be under the cost of a quality crate engine of equal HP.
I am sure I am missing other issues that might be in play here, so please guide me in the smartest direction.
Thank you everybody!!!!
I am looking for advice from the engine heads here!! I picked up a Dodge Nascar truck engine, complete less the carb. It was freshened up after running a race at Daytona years ago and sat in a garage sealed tight. It has a dry sump oil system on it. I know very little about dry sump systems at this point, but from what I am reading, this type of system is not used on street/strip cars very much. I want to install it into an A body strip/mostly street car.
My question is whether I should convert the engine to wet sump(which I assume is possible)or go my original route of a quality crate engine and sell the truck engine. Is it too radical an engine for street use?? It is in the 650 to 700hp range. Will swapping the oil systems be involved and expensive?? Are these engine blocks and heads hard to get mounts and headers for?? The heads are W-9's I think??
I got a very good deal on this engine, so I could spend several thousand dollars on the conversion and still be under the cost of a quality crate engine of equal HP.
I am sure I am missing other issues that might be in play here, so please guide me in the smartest direction.
Thank you everybody!!!!