while I was getting my truck fueled, here in TEXAS
a guy in a really clean, shiny black, custom car
(cheeta replica with an LS engine pulled in)
that sure brought back a lot of memories
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back in the late 1990s I helped a local guy build a rather serious, BBC engine he stuck it in a cheeta kit car he had built,
(keep in mind technology constantly changes, high octane fuel availability ,
varies and this engine was build on a limited budget, back about 25 years ago.)
since I knew he intended to use the car as a daily driver at times we modified the oil pan, adding baffles and a significantly larger oil capacity,
The question comes up rather frequently when I suggest buying or modifying oil pans as to "WHY BOTHER?" well its simply the fact that most stock oil pans were designed simply to be the cheapest to manufacture component that would function on an engine that would rarely be spinning over 3500rpm...
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the engine was nothing exceptional,
it was a
.030 over bored 454 with 13:1 compression pistons,
1.7:1 roller rockers
a crower hydraulic roller that was basically this cam
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a set of brodix aluminum small rectangle port heads, with about a 310cc port's
a high rise single plane intake from brodix,
with a
950 cfm three barrel carb
and headers we custom built, with 2.25" primary pipes were about 32" long going into a custom 4" collector
that was about as long as the car would allow to fit, we had it chrome plated and a perforated head shield installed to reduce leg burns,
its amazing what you can custom build & fabricate with a tig welder once you learn to weld
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he never had the engine dyno tested, as far as I know,
but the car had a modified ford 9" differential with 3.90 rear gears ,and some really nice aftermarket disc brakes
and very large tires , that barely fit the impressively large wheel wells
a modified TH400 with a 3800 rpm stall converter and
it was very scary to drive
he road raced not drag raced the car, so the rear gear limited top speed , but he could sure accelerate out of the corners
personally I prefer the AC COBRA body style but there was no contest as to which local car could accelerate around a course of traffic cones at an abandoned air port runway the local road race guys used frequently
I know several of the local guys with 10 second 1/4 mile cars that could not come close to catching his cheeta on that road course
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HEY GRUMPYVETTE? I'm building a mild performance, 9:1 static CR, 350 for my 55 and looking into camshaft choices...I understand the intake closing point (degrees) will affect the dynamic compression ratio (DCR)....My question is what DCR should I be shooting for? and what rear gear and stall...
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this thread will contain several totally different engine builds with parts listed and when available the dyno results from the engines built, it will be used as a guide to allow readers to compare the basic engine components , at least a bit too get a good idea as to the components selected and...
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I build mostly BBC engines, but most of this info also applies to SBC connecting rod selection, I was asked if stock rods were ok or should they swap to better ARP bolts or BUY the BETTER RODS WITH THE UPGRADED BOLTS, the first thing Id point out is that, in most cases, when I diagnose engine...
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I got asked , "what makes a GOOD vs A poor engine combo?" and without getting into specific combos , too deeply, lets look at that question like with most performance parts and applications the critical part of the build, is generally in selecting the correct components for that particular...
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http://www.corvettefever.com/techarticl ... index.html Cylinder Pressure Note: youll generally want to try hard to maximize the useable compression as the higher the compression before you get into detonation the more efficiently the fuel can be burnt and the more torque the engine can produce...
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