Guest Anonymous Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 well i sold the 406 i had built before i could even get it in the car. i was thinking of building a 434 small block with the 18 degree heads. heres the combo, motown block 4.155 X 4, 6" rods, JE pstns, brodix 18x heads, matching brodix intake, 850 demon, 1.5 magnum rockers, something around a 294 XE solid roller, 1 7/8" headers with 3" exhaust. any guesses on power? and does anybody think the car will handle it? its a 76 Z with a 6 point cage. any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 you must have a very large bank ballance that you want to kill! 18 degree heads normally require EXPENSIVE OFFSET rocker arms, offset roller lifter seats and other engine mods costing extra compared to a standard sbc yes you can make 575-650hp if your in a big hurry to spend money, but since a (Z) will also require a ROLL CAGE and MAJOR SUSPENSION MODS to handle that power level well I doubt youll be thinking it was a GREAT IDEA by the time EVERYTHING GETS SORTED OUT CORRECTLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utvolman99 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Lets see here, Im looking in my Hybrid Z dictionary and I cant find anything under "overkill"! I will however say that you may be running into the law of diminishing returns. Im not sure that with anything resembling a stock rear suspension set up that a 600HP car would be any faster than a 450HP car. You would have one hell of a torque curve with that bad boy but I just dont know if you could ever get it to the ground. Kind of like the old joke what do 400, 500 and 600HP supras have in common? 12 second time slips! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinCA Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Overkill: Pronunciation: 'O-v&r-"kil Function: noun Date: 1958 1 : a destructive capacity greatly exceeding that required for a given target 2 : an excess of something (as a quantity or an action) beyond what is required or suitable for a particular purpose 3 : killing in excess of what is intended or required as a verb: Pronunciation: "O-v&r-'kil Function: transitive verb Date: 1957 : to obliterate (a target) with more nuclear force than required You arent using Uranium right? Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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