HICKL

I don't know what a "storker motor" is so I can not help. Sorry, just kidding, could not resist. I had to "ding" one of my tubes to the boot would not melt, mine was not that bad though.

Pretty sure I ordered it friday and got it tuesday.

PS pump is typically on the other side. At least on any vehicle I have owned.

Got my Alan Grove alt bracket in the mail yesterday and put it in last night. Super sweet, makes you wonder why GM didn't do it that way! Hickl

I jsut called Alan Grove and ordered that bracket. He laughed and said another Z guy called him this morning. You should get a cut for advertising!

Ha Ha. It is actually more fun to cruise it with the single carb intake and my regular hood on it as when it is a sleeper. With it all under the hood, it is cool because it is "faster than it looks". With it sticking out of the hood, it is "not as fast as it looks!". Typically people think I have a blower on it.

My Sleeper...

I would think you would want to start with a stick shift car if you are going with a stick shift. don't know how hard it is to get a clutch pedal in if not there, but easy to hook up a stock one to the v8 application.

About 2 1/2 hours dead east of you. Hickl

This is great...here comes the classic chevy vs ford debate.

To attempt to answer the original question, my original 350 was stock short of flat top pistons and a little bit of cam. 1/4 mile was high 13's with a 5 speed and street tires. Oh, and I went with Chevy because ford suck..... Just kidding, dollars per HP, chevy parts seem to be cheaper and more available. Jeff

I have heard the TKO are very notchy and like shifting gears in a u-haul or something. Have never had one, just what I was told. I have a g-force T5 and am pleased with it. Shifts great and has held up so far. I went thru 2 stock T5's at around the 350 hp mark so let that be your guide. They would last for a while but that's it.

What do you have your ignition timing set at? I had an issue with my balancer moving and thus I missed my timing (way too advanced) and my motor went very flat on top.

I am with you on all that and am very happy to have an 11.50 car that is very streetable and can be driven in any weather from 100 degrees to 35 degrees without any problems. Heck, I use it for a 30 minute drive in traffic every friday night to take my daughter to soccer practice, I was just getting bothered thinking that my motor was producing way less than its portential. The more calculations I do, I see that I am pretty close so am not worried about it. Besides, if I ever get bored, will just hit it with a 200 shot of nos and see what happens!

I have been playing with 1/4 mile/hp calculators to try and estimate my hp. Based on 1/4 mile speed or et, I have seen results from 360 flywheel hp to 460 flywheel hp to net an 11.50 or 118.5 mph on a 2850 lb car. Can anyone point me to one that has been proven to be anywhere close to accurate? If I am putting out 360 hp, I have work to do. If I am 425 plus, I am probably getting about all I can out of this base setup. Hey Grumpy, did you have a chance to play with my hp numbers based on my setup? Thanks Jeff

I had thought about it, but read a long thread a while back and it seems like you were negating the overall gain so I have not bothered with it. May have been on more of a stock motor, don't remember the details. As far as I know, there is not really a bolt in set, so it is a project. Don't mind doing it if the gain will show up on the 1/4 mile!

Dart Sportsman II cast iron heads, 64cc. 383 stroker kit, should be around 11.0:1 according to Eagle. Crane Cam grind # F-280-2 http://www.cranecams.com/index.php?show=browseParts&action=partSpec&partNumber=114681&lvl=2&prt=5 Running Block hugger headers that merge into a 2 1/2" single for about 2 foot then dump out thru a cut-out for track use. Tell me what else you need to know and I will answer as well as I can. I don't know what the flow numbers are on my heads, but I may be able to find something on the web if you need it. Thanks Grumpy

I definately need to spend some time messing with this thing. Looking at my 1/4 mile trap speed and using some of the hp calculators, it seems that I may be leaving a lot of hp on the table. I wish I had desktop dyno so I could play with my setup and see what it should produce on paper.

It is on the lean side for sure. I need to jet it up, but need to pull one carb apart as I forgot what size are in them. I have been lazy this year with the car and have had the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" attitude.

I'm sure I do, I literally bolted this thing on, made a few adjustments to make it idle and have just been driving it. Seat of the pants, it felt pretty good, but this was my first test run. The air cleaners that came with my scoop are cheap junk and probably don't flow very well. I meant to pull them out for a pass, but didn't get enough passes to do anything.

I'm sure there is. I meant to play with the timing a bit, but the track got busy and I was also driving a buddies car. Was there for 4 hours and only did 3 passes in mine.

11 months ago, I went to Houston raceway park, it was about 50 degrees and I was running my performer rpm intake with a holley 750 dp. The weekend I went back with my tunnel ram and two holley 450's. Was about 68 degrees this time for whatever it's worth. Check out my times. Single carb: 9.611 1000 ft, 11.516 1/4 @ 118.41 mph tunnel Ram: 9.611 1000 ft, 11.515 1/4 @ 118.42 mph I could not believe how close my times where, especially being a 5 speed car and all the other factors that come into play.

Thanks John. I didn't have time to play with it this time, but will do it before I run again. Without any real changes, I did a 1.592 60' which was my best ever so am pleased with that. Jeff

I'm confused, if limiting the sag helps shift the weight back and get the nose up, how does limiting it more, keep the nose down? Where on the body are you hooking the top end of the chain to? Thanks Hickl

So I guess I have to drop the struts to get the bushing in right? Man, I hate that job!