Nervous as all hell

[SFRT]

nope. just some cell phone pix.

[SFRT]

lets see what else>>>the car ran 'clean' no burps farts or detonations. everyone there said it was 'a good decent' performance.

but I, of course, want MORE.

[Brock Samson]

ok, what's the story on the white '68?.. 

[SFRT]

its a beat to hell 68, all the panels and doors are badly dented,interiors shot, no engine. engine bay and K member are nice and shiny tho I guess someones fixing it up. it has the 2 small stripes on the back so its an r/t I think.

[Finn]

How the heck could you tell thats a 68 from that picture??
I feel like such a noob now lol

[Ghoste]

The pointy dash pad and door lock buttons near the back of the door.

[Finn]

Ohhhhhh learn something new everypost 

[hemi-hampton]

Have ever ran the 1/4 mile with it? Wonder what it would do? LEON.

[SFRT]

no I have not. after i get a couple thousand more miles on it and feel I have the shifting dialed in I will probably take it out and give it a shot.

[firefighter3931]

so basically..if one allows a 20% power loss for the drivetrain I got around

485 HP at flywheel
405 at Rear wheel.

there is definately room for improvement.

With a stick the parasitic loss is closer to 15% so based on those RWL numbers you're making around 470hp at the crank.....about where it should be given that engine combination. 


The cam is holding it back, no doubt about it. The shop did a nice job dialing in the A/F ratio and #'s in the 12 af's always produce excellent peak power....lean is mean. 


To make more power you will need more cam with longer duration and increased lift. The heads could also use some portwork....there's usually at least 10cfm in the valvejob alone. The RPM dualplane makes awesome torque but it does choke off some top end power. I found this out firsthand when we dyno tested my 446....the RPM gave up 30 HP to the Street Dominator on back to back tests. Your carb is plenty.....mine is very similar and it made 540hp so there's no need to upgrade. 


Overall, that is a nice running engine given the sum of it's parts....nothing to be ashamed of ! 




Ron

[SFRT]

cool. I am definately going to get a bett :coolgleamA:er cam for it and all of that.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Damn those are real impressive #'s to the wheels.....mine only made 270hp
Which I guess inst too bad for an auto with a relatively stock build & stock manifolds....

[Silver R/T]

good numbers for a car that you can drive daily on pump gas