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05-17-2006 08:47 PM #1
What do you guys think of this combo for torque...
Okay. I did take into consideration what you guys said about my head situation and building my corvette engine ect..
As you know I have an 81 corvette that looks wonderful, problem is, it is a slug. This is why.
350 L48 (190hp) DOG 8.2 cr
350c trans
Electronic Q-jet
Electronic advance Dist
2.87 rear gears
3600lb car.....
Well...I took the heads off, and my buddie milled them for 20bucks(owns a machine shop) I was gonna spend money on better heads, but I think the rest will come into play.
Removed the factory exhaust today and the big cat..
Ordered headers, that should fix the exhaust problem
Pulled the rear out, and have it on ther bence at work.
Ordered 3.73 gears for it today
Pulled the cam out 2 hours ago (very small cam..something like 390lift and 190dur(stock smog cam)
Ordered crane cam #csx4 250h-11
specs are 206-214 @.050
432-453 lift
lobe center 111
I have a edelbrock performer intake and I just rebuilt a holley 750 daul feed single pump carb.( I hope it isn't too big, but it was free.)
And also have a normal vacume advance dist, which I think I can just put a simple curve kit in to advance it faster. Not sure whick one to get..Any ideas?
What do you think?? I am not looking to run 10's, but I think with this set up in a 1981 corvette, it should pull like hell to about 4000 rpms and put you back in the seat.
I am not sure what kind of HP numbers it will make, but if someone has an idea, I would love to know.
Also, do you think with the set up I have, pulling a 14 sec 1/4 mile is far fetched??? It might not sound like a hot rod with the cam I picked, but I hope it pulls out like hell. I hate those guys that have the big 550lift 330 duration cams, and they sound great, but fall on thier face. JMO
Well, need some input, hopefully I did well, cause all the stuff is ordered!!
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Sorry for your loss of friend Mike McGee, Shine. Great trans men are few and far between, it seems. Sadly, Mike Frade was only 66 and had been talking about retirement for ten years that I know...
We Lost a Good One