PS, i have as i have said a total of 5 hot rods that i drag race, includin a ZX11D Kawasaki Ninja, they are all what we call BUILT, including the bike, to variing degrees and all r yet PMP gas,
My Lesabre: 403 8-1 SBO, i run 87 octane in colder weather and 89 when the ambient gets above 65* I run a 2 stage system 50bhp 1st stage and an add on 100bhp 2cnd stage
My Silverado: 406 10-1 0 deck( 0 deck means that at TDC the dome of the piston is dead even with the block deck, in my case since my block was decked .005 mine r .005 above the block deck at TDC) this is a very tricky combo to run, especially on pmp gas since static cyl pressure is much hgher than the mechanical compression ratio would imply, so that it is still pmp gas friendly i run a cam with relatively a lot of overlap, especially for something on spray to bleed off some of this cyl pressure and use a single stage system with a 175bhp set that actually yeilds jus a tad over 140bhp due to the bleed off. as with the lesabre, my octane level depends on ambient temps, 93-94 in warm weather and 90-92 in damp and or cooler weather.
My Trans Am: std bore 455 H.O. Pontiac 9-1 also like the lesabre a 2 stage system 100 1st stage w/ an add on 150 2cnd stage for a total of 250 and i use the same octane rates with this as with the Silverado under the same circumstances.
My BMW: .038 over 70 Stage 1 455 Buick( the engine is actually since the build, more stage 2 than stage 1 but it IS based from a Stage 1) 10-1(actually 10.13-1) like the Silverado n Trans Am i use the same fuel octane ratings under the same circumstance tho max timin for the TA is 36*, 34* for the Silverado(Which is on the ragged edge of whats permissable with a capped exhaust with the 0 deck 406 SBC n 6" rods on pmp gas in really hot weather im limited to a total of 32*) while the Bmer i run a Total of as much as 30* in hot weather but no more than 32* in cool and or damp weather.
i run a 125 1st stage with a 175 add on 2cnd stage for a total of 300 in spray.
My Ninja is kitted with a Super Bike Mike 1109 CC Kit but NO SPRAY and i ALWAYS run 93 or 94 in that since its 12-1( i can get away with this since its an all aluminum liquid cooled engine which has a diff heat dissipation rate than any of the other vehicles which are ALL IRON engines.
Both the Ninja and the Bmer are hgh 9 sec rides on a good clean pass, 9.9 for the Ninja, 9.7 for the Bmer. The Silverado and the Lesabre are both mid to low 12 sec rides while the TA has clicked off some mid 10's since the addition of the tremec tko 600 5 spd manual, all times are thru the exhaust, full exhaust including tail pipes, 2.5" on the bike n 3" on all the rest with Flowmaster 40 series 2 chamber muffs.
All, including the bike do and MUST run trouble free at or above the posted speed limit anywhere so long as the fuel lasts without incident of problems as well as operate trouble free overheating free no matter what the traffic situation im in.
Both the lesabre and the Silverado use TH350 Trans, 2600 veter in the Silverado n 3500 in the lesabre, the Bmer also uses a 3500 verter but w/ a Coan TH400 race w/o brake n 2.38 1st gearthe TH350's are yet auto shift while the Bmer is manual reverse pattern. the TA and Lesabre both use a 3.08 gear while the Bmer uses a 3.50 geared Ford 9'' n the Silverado a 3.42.
TA runs 28 x 11.5 x 15 MT ET Streets, Bmer 26 x 10.5 x 15 MT ET Streets, Silverado n Lesabre both use 275 x 60r x 15 BFG TA Radials. The Bike is stock gearing and ride height but uses a 190mm rear tire as opposed to the stock 180mm. BTW the Lesabre is a 78 4dr sedan n SBO stands for Small Block Oldsmobile V8 which is what it came with(403), AND ITS LOADED SAVE FOR REAR DEFROST N POWER WINDOWS.
The Bmer is also loaded, the only deletions in the build were IRS, ABS n EFI, tho i plan next year to delete the power brakes so that i can run a more agressive and solid lifter cam, but for the TA all engines are currently flat tappet hydraulic( roller cams, especially really aggressive roller cams are far too short lived valvetrain systems for the amount of driving i do with my rides) especially since i have a number of them.
None of my rides are world beaters but ALL r quicker and faster than they look or sound and all are TRUE STREET(pmp gas full exhaust including tail pipes)
as opposed to race gas short exhaust REAL STREETERS, they are all also ALL METAL save for the TA's shaker and the the Bmer's 4'' cowl hood scoop, and but for the Bmer all retain stock suspensions w/o any visible traction devices, and the Bmer, but for redrilled hubs n rotors for 5 on 4.5 bolt circle, is ALL STOCK front suspension