Maniacmechanic1
solid fixture here in the forum
It was the 1971 Hemi Cuda Dana 60.a properly designed and built performance engine thats used as transportation occasionally and occasionally street driven, is,
going to be assembled from a slightly different set of components than a true race engine , that will be normally disassembled,
and carefully re-assembled after a race or at least every few months.
this does non necessitate a huge reduction in over all power, but it will generally result in,
an engine built with DURABILITY taking a higher priority, over getting the last potentially available peak rpm horse power ,
and the difference in performance potential is generally minimal if both engines are properly designed.
with current tech, and suspension and tires, performance can be significantly enhanced, without a huge power penalty , especially with added nitrous
example, my 1968 corvette, with a 13.7:1 compression 496 BBC,
ran a 10.25 second 1/4 mile time at 135 mph, but I drove it on the street regularly.
back in the mid 1970s that was respectable performance, but keep in mind Sunoco 260 was available as pump gas,
and the corvette tended to draw un-wanted attention with the way it looked.
my 1968 corvette with a big block 496, running SUNOCO 260 and crower injection, it looked vaguely like this picture,when I even tried alcohol for a short time,
mine was Burgundy and a chrome bumper corvette of course
that required a quick disconnect fuel cell, so I could quickly swap fuel tanks,
I had a 15 gallon fuel cell in the corvette, filed with METHANOL, and a quart of MMO, and a jury rigged 5 gallon fuel can, filled with 115 octane gas and a pint of MMO, we carried separately , too the track,
with the proper quick connect connectors to run the car from for a few minutes ,
before we parked it for any length of time to reduce the chances of corrosion.
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/build-a-496-stroker-bbc.101/#post-15067
4-link drag rear.
Real drag gears.
Young could shift a Muncie 4 lighting fast.
CROWER IR. MAX VE.
You had a Real Race cam too.