Welcome back Peter. I hope all is well.

Peter

Here are some numbers to consider Gary. My last build was a mark IV 454 taken .60 over to 468 c.i. in a 1977 Chevy shortbox stepside, 4800lbs truck. It had a 750 Edelbrock AVS carburator which was a bit small, an Edelbrock 2.0 aluminum intake, iron heads with about an .850" stroke at the valve ...

You can buy a brand new LS3, 515 h/p for $7300.
You would be hard pressed to build a 427 TD that could produce those numbers for any less.
LQ9 at 310 h/p is also a good motor that you could pick up at a wrecker, in decent condition, for just a couple grand, tops.

Peter

I hate to say it, but I totally agree with TB. The information you seek Gary, is something that automotive engineers have been developing for decades and to try to figure out these slight differences between diesel, gas, cams, plenums, cr's, t/c stall speeds, gear ratios, tire sizes, wind resistance...

Putting a V8 in your van kind of negates the want for better milage. We all know that with a V8 in an astro/safari you will get about 20 miles to the gallon, more or less. If you are planning on building a high performance motor then who cares about milage, thats not the goal, performance is. Like T...

I guess you could, but they would have to be some pretty stout solenoids. Spring pressure on a 454 is 135lbs. stock. The last bbc I built had 148lbs. beehive springs with almost 3/4 of an inch travel. The only problem I see with my idea is the weights would have to be quite large to over come the in...

The bbc family of engine's starts with the 396, a highly swot after engine and goes up to the 454, all bowtie engines. There are many variations within this family of engines, as with the small block many big block parts are interchangeable. A big block engine is quite at home producing up to 2000 h...

You can run two different sensor's.
One that is meant to work with a gauge and one that works with an idiot light.
Hook the idiot light sensor up to an alarm. The only problem with an idiot light sensor is by the time it goes off the damage has already started.

Maybe some will fill in the senior moment I am having right now,but I do remember a manufacture that has a adjusted the intake runner length depending on the demands of a engine.So if at a higher RPM,it adjusts the intake runner longer for more HP and if lower,shorter for more torque.It does open u...

Variable valve timing is pretty cool. I wish someone would make system that would be able to go into a bbc. Then you could really produce some ponies.

Peter

Cadillac had a 4-6-8 engine back in the 80's. It was a way ahead of it's time and they had serious issue's with it that people haven't forgotten about. It left a bad taste in consumers mouths. Volkswagon has had the TDI system for about 20 odd years and it has been a key selling point for them. So n...

OK so the boost in performance could be thanks to lightweight components and better camshaft. So what happened after that... Did they go back to heavy stuff and poor cams? Maybe they intentionally restricted the engines (through various means) so that it would get better fuel economy. I wasn't old ...

May I suggest to you TB, that you go out to Boundry Bay Airport and check out the helicopters they have there and talk to the people at Heli-one. They will be more than inviting to show you around there complex and show you the machines that will be in various states of repair. If you have a couple ...

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T.Low wrote:
Overall, I like the fact that while we don't blow wind up eachother's skirts around here

I blow wind up Kidhaulers skirt all the time

Hhhmmm, that's just so not right Sanja.
At least your blowing "wind", I guess.

How old are you? You sound like a know-it-all teenager who is running mom's toys. :yawinkle: :muhaha: :muhaha: :muhaha: I'm guessing he is pretty young, as once maturity sets in, street racing becomes extremely un-cool. Take it to the track, that's where the real racing takes place. It will be a hu...