Yeah and don't forget , it's for good fuel economy too . lol Seriously I was just looking at your cam and choice of gears and how it's going to mesh with running a tunnel ram . Because that's more of a top end manifold . If I remember right a normal tunnel ram design ( say a weiand ) doesn't start to kick in till around 2500/2700 RPM's . I'm going off the top of my head here so don't quote me on the exact RPM range .Full on racing RPM, the practical kind.
Thanks Mob , I was trying to think of a nice way to say , just that . Just trying to look out for yah .
It's so refreshing to hear someone that knows better . I pull my hair out sometimes trying to explain to some people why there combo doesn't work and they just don't get it . I've got a guy over here with a 440 A Body with crap for compression , an OK cam , and 3:55's in the rear . He's got this big single plain intake on it and this big ass carb and the car is a ( for lack of a better term ) a "dog" . And he can't figure out why the car isn't as fast as it should be . I keep telling him to get rid of that intake and at least try a dual plain as well as a better carb . I even offered to let him try one that I have sitting right here . But all I get for a response is "But I like the way that intake look's on the engine" . Drives me nut's ! And it's a shame to , because it's a dam nice look'in car . It's just set up all wrong .
Very true.
I think I kind of remember reading that thread a while back . It was good "real world" building . Yah see I read stuff like that it my mind takes it to the next level and I add maybe a "what if" . Like what would it be if you took the next step and punched it out say 30 over and added something like 10 1/2 to 1 pistons ? That's just the way my mind works .
lolVery well said . We all learn from our mistakes and when we stop learning that's the biggest mistake there is .
The 516 are small valve closed chamber heads. I got a set with a 66 block and crank years ago - my first 440! I tried selling them and noooooobody wants them at all. Nowadays you can buy a fully ported aluminum head for twice what it would cost for an iron head to equal the aluminum, at the cheapest shop rates Posey. The big Mopar engine builders near me charge waaay too much for my pocketbook.
