Not really... But when they rate a thread as garbage from the git go and don't post anything about how they feel about it, It makes me think they're nothing but a bunch of...... Well, nevermind!
The raters are just mad cause there shifting at 5,500 RPM I love this stuff, Keep twistin um up! its exciting
Awe come on man where's the traditional spirit in that??? How about one of those built out of a numbers matching stock looking 57 Fuelie ?
Damn guys he said he was having a problem with his 9,000 rpm small block, what the hell is all this turbine and B-29 talk? LOL. Lippy
Early 283 Blocks...........can go .125 with no problem...I believe 1964 and earlier.......better yet...get the Canadian Blocks they are heavy..........check out SS/P 55 and 56 chevy's.........they are in the 11,000 RPM....you can hear them coming down the track, but it takes a while till they get there............11's and 12's. My 283 is 0.060 292"......came from an AHRA F/HR from 1972 Aluminum Rod.....Steel (302) notched flange crank wink wink......and JAHNS's 5/8 Deflector pistons....vintage.......it can hit 8500 RPM like nothing....just got to work on the trans and shifting.......when I miss at 8500, do not want to know how high it went........still running Ha Ha.......... If you want a little motor to get the heavy car off the line........slip in a Heavy Flywheel........50lb are available at HAYS'.
I lost track of how many sets of Lakewood motor mounts I've twisted in the past from reving these little motors out past 6500 rpm..
I have thought about building another one based on the newer Gen II LT1 block and a L-99 cast iron crank... Any thoughts??? Maybe just build it the old school way with a 327 block and 283 steel crank...
Heres a video of Gene Scwartz's 52' chevy. 10k in the burnout. <iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WYR4wGk2oj4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
540 cid at 8k <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1nmUXhRfDaY?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1nmUXhRfDaY?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>
I guess I just lost control there for a second. Sorry. I use to drive a E/MP 59 corvette years ago and it just somehow didn't sound like 10,000 rpm, sorry Flash. Lippy
The 415" LA mopar i have now is a low rpm stroker, but It just dont sound right if i shift before 6,000. I used to have a 327 that i could wing up to 8100, but i winced every time, cuz it was built on a budget and i knew that grenade pin was pulled. A buddy of mine had a 340 in a cuda that would come up on the cam around 4,500 and he shifted @ 9grand. Sounded amazing but he never could keep a driveline in that thing, though... Not mine, but I love hearing this little nova mill shriek...
My NMCA combination in 1999. 407 c.i. Big block Chevy. 9.300 deck aluminum Donavan block (-.500), 4.500 bore, 3.200 stroke = 9200rpm.
We've got one for sale at our shop, circle track motor, 362c.i., built in an early small journal 327. 4.020 bore/3.562 stroke and around 12.5:1 compression, solid lifter cam (260's @ .050 and .570ish lift). Turned it 7700 in one class with a 500cfm 2bbl, went 8200 with an 830cfm 4bbl on top. Sounds good doing it too.....
It was in an experimental Chrysler turbine car built in the early sixties. They built a couple of hundred (maybe only a hundred I don't remember for sure). The cars were loaned to people to drive and evaluate. A few went on tour with an engineering team from Chrysler. I was an engineering major at UCLA at the time. The Chrysler team stopped at the school and I was able to drive one. I just threw it out to see if anyone remembered this small footnote in automotive history. All but a couple were destroyed for tax reasons, I thought they had very good body lines, sort of Buck Rogers. I saw one in the Harrah's collection before it was sold off. I saw another one at a Hershey swap meet. I think there may be one at the Peterson Museum. Charlie Stephens
500" 10,000rpm, 1300hp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr_g...y&list=PL2F73D4B3960D3E62&index=19&playnext=1