Thread: My new baby arrived today
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02-12-2013 11:17 PM #1
My new baby arrived today
As you know I'm 60 and single, so it isn't that kind of baby. I believe this will be the final engine and most anything else done to the Track-T. As much as I enjoyed the torque at low rpm of the 383 sbc, I did miss the high rpm zing of the 355 circle track engine. The 355 had a nasty exhaust bark, radical idle, and the street manners of a gang banger. The 383 had a sweet idle and impeccable street manners plus great mpg. I'm hoping to have a good mix of the attributes of both of those engines for the 427.
On the engine dyno;
526.3 HP @ 5700 rpm
556.2 lb/ft @ 4400 rpm
Bob
427 sbc 526 HP 556 lb/ft
Tremec TKO 600 5 speed
1790 lbs.
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