Let's see your tunnel rams!

Very very nice.

 

Thats a great car.

 

Thats serious lookin.Great pic.

 

That thing is awesome.Nice car!!

 

That outta push your Camaro pretty quick!!

 

514CI BBF.....in my Gasser more pics to come as the project progresses.

 

heres mine and my step-brothers old one

 

great stuff ans info so far. I'm leaning more towards the (7110) with two edelbrock 500's. I was just wondering what kind of cam i should put in with this combo? The motor right now is just a stock 70's 350 4 bolt main block.

 

I've had this a while. I used to change it out with the FI.

 

kinda low buck... low tech...but works!
Pontiac Slim

 

okay here is mine on my 33 pickup ...I have a set of 450 holleys on it....

 

Gotta love them "010" 350 blocks!! When ever I needed one from the scrap yard, I'd ask for a 350 4-bbl motor out of '70-'71 Chevy or GMC pickup... They also came with forged steel crankshafts along with the 4-bolt blocks.....

 

Mine that is in the as bought condition setting on my Mocked up motor on my mocked up truck.

 

This will be going into a future project. Doug Nash sitting on a 421.

 

exactly this thing hauls ass ..no more sputter at take off ..steady revs all the way threw the gears ..even idles smoother now i need fender wells and im good ..oh na d a front end set up..

 

it did run good for a bit not saying it was the tunnel ram ..but the carbs are shit i rebuilt them they worked for a bit than started to act up again switched to a single tunnel ram runs great ..

 

Here mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfsXoIYI--E

 

So i decided to go with the 7110 and two edelbrock 500's. It looks killer!! I'm looking for some ideas or pics of carb linkage and kick down cable hook ups for a th350 trans? any pics or suggestions? Thanks Jay.S

 

I did'nt want ANY extra cables up top. so when it was time i knew which lever too grab and shift to get into first or second which ever the case may be. makes driving the car alittle more fun also.

 

It aint a tunnel ram, but if you turn the motor sideways.....

 

let me guess you got that formula from Hot Rod Deluxe.. ive been thinking of building one based off that. how much did it cost ya in total, and was it worth it? thanks.

 

Actually, that was my formula in Hot Rod Deluxe...That was my engine in the story.
Asking me the cost doesn't really work... some of the stuff was donated for the story, some I swapped with Lamar for, he pretty much gave me the run of his shop and equipment to put the thing together, I got A LOT of bits from swap meets and Ebay.

Was it worth it? Ask me next summer when I'm side-stepping the clutch at 6,200rpm!

-Brad

 

brad, im basically following your build for my 327. Very inspirational!

Heres my motor





1972 Chevy 350 - 4 bolt main block
327 large journal crank.
Forged flattop pistons
Hipo rods
416 casting number 305 heads - ported, massaged, fully rebuilt with race valves and springs
Roller tip rockers
Summit cam - http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-K1108/
Wieand tunnel ram with 2 600 AFBs
Mr. Mallory dual point
Gear drive (love the sound)

all going in my 41' Nash coupe. Replacing my 350 with a performer and a 600 afb.

Im hoping for upwards of 400 hp.

 

I asked Lamar Walden about gear drives, specifically if he'd ever dyno tested one. He said the one he dyno's cost like 23 horsepower.
With a 4-inch bore, you should be able to run bigger valves than I did... I kept them at 1.94 rather than 2.02, because being that close to the cylinder wall on a .060-over 283 would have shrouded the valve and hurt power.
If I went with a 4-inch bore, it'd definitely have gotten 2.02 valves.

I think my basic combo would make at least 25hp more if I had a 4-inch bore and 2.02/1.60 valves in the heads. I'd like to build a 301 (with fewer cubes than my stroked 283) and test the theory. I'd LOVE to see what running fewer cubes but with the bigger bore and bigger valves would do to power.

I've got a '62 truck 283 that'll go .125-over for the 301 combo...

-Brad

 

Here's my 292 with a early TR1.

 

Finally got around to getting a picture of the setup going on my 327 Chev in my gasser project:

 

mine in my 55, i got a bug catcher hilborn style scoop on there now though.



the dual setup in my boss' chevy II

 

NICE car! I really dig the color combo--especially the white firewall and inner fenders.

You should look for the sandwich piece that goes between the top and bottom halves of that intake--it was a cast plate with funnels that fed down into the runners. The runners stick up off the floor of that intake, creating a trough inside the bottom half of the intake. Fuel can pool there, an a backfire will ignite it. I've heard it's pretty spectacular when it happens!
The fix was that additional piece.

-Brad

 

Hey Brad thanks for the kind words about my old 55 and your right on about the pooling that can take place with that vintage TR1 design. Back in the day we would also fill the lower half of the intake with resin to stop the pooling also. At this time the intake has work well ....not as good as my taller mid 70's TR1 but not too badly.

At this moment I havn't seen that "sandwich piece"...I've heard of them but they must be faily rare. Thanks again for the good vibes brother.

 

fast elvis,what size carbs did you run on your 296? i've got a 296 with about 330 hp at about 5200 rpm annd wanna put an old tr1 manifold i have on it for my 27t.ive got two 450 mechanical holleys my pop had that need rebuilt and was wondering if it would be too much cfm for the motor or if you can jet them down enough.car will be mainly on the track,but i do wanna hit the steets a little around town.thanks.