Will this engine combo be over 300rwhp and will my car be able to run 12's in the 1/4
12-09-2005, 11:09 AM
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Re: Will this engine combo be over 300rwhp and will my car be able to run 12's in the
Originally Posted by 1racerdude
IMO that cam has to much duration spread and ya didn't say what the ICL was.Probably OK with stock heads. Something like a 218/224@50 on a 112+4 .550/.550 should work nice.Talk to LE and see about one of his cams to match his heads and do all ya can to get the compression up to 12+ to 1 and DCR at 8.5-9x1 will be fine on pump gas.
Put good quality brgs in it (Clevitte H series) cam brgs also and a good balance. With attention to detail on assembly it should run sweet and long.
Put good quality brgs in it (Clevitte H series) cam brgs also and a good balance. With attention to detail on assembly it should run sweet and long.
Can you elaborate more on your "too much spread unless the heads are
stock" comment. I have the 227 and like the idle a lot because there is
almost no lope. I would like to have my heads ported in the future and
will probably upgrade the cam as well, however, I still want almost no
lope. How do you approach cam selection with an LE 1 or equivalent head,
or possibly a bit more, when you want an idle like the 227. This is assuming
a 350 cube motor.
12-09-2005, 11:42 AM
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Re: Will this engine combo be over 300rwhp and will my car be able to run 12's in the 1/4
Like others have said, you really need a converter to maximize your gains. You're going to be slow off the line with the stock one with the heads/cam. You need a proper converter to put you in your engines powerband. But I still think you could probably pull off a 12sec timeslip with traction on the stock 'verter.
12-09-2005, 04:23 PM
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Re: Will this engine combo be over 300rwhp and will my car be able to run 12's in the 1/4
If you do make 300+rwhp, which you should, 12's are no problem.
My car with a slipping tranny and 264rwhp went 13.216 @ 104 and backed it up with a 13.245 @ 104.
My car with a slipping tranny and 264rwhp went 13.216 @ 104 and backed it up with a 13.245 @ 104.
12-09-2005, 04:42 PM
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Re: Will this engine combo be over 300rwhp and will my car be able to run 12's in the
Originally Posted by truedualws6
LR,
Can you elaborate more on your "too much spread unless the heads are
stock" comment. I have the 227 and like the idle a lot because there is
almost no lope. I would like to have my heads ported in the future and
will probably upgrade the cam as well, however, I still want almost no
lope. How do you approach cam selection with an LE 1 or equivalent head,
or possibly a bit more, when you want an idle like the 227. This is assuming
a 350 cube motor.
Can you elaborate more on your "too much spread unless the heads are
stock" comment. I have the 227 and like the idle a lot because there is
almost no lope. I would like to have my heads ported in the future and
will probably upgrade the cam as well, however, I still want almost no
lope. How do you approach cam selection with an LE 1 or equivalent head,
or possibly a bit more, when you want an idle like the 227. This is assuming
a 350 cube motor.
In this cam there is 14* spread in the I/E lobes. They do this because Chevy has a weak exhaust port. When ya get the heads ported it makes the exhaust port more efficient and it don't need all that spread. Generally a 6-10* spread is all that is needed.If the cam has quick ramps ya can narrow it up without changing the overlap very much,which causes the "lope".
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