| Re: What Engine Would The Guru's Build? |
Subject: Re: What Engine Would The Guru's Build? by dan0617 on 2009/9/22 14:07:12 If I were you, and could afford a new block and such, I'd do a 434. Put that superram, 195 eliminators and a decent cam in there and you would have stocklike street manners and a serious torque monster. But..... You will likely snap the independent rear, even if it is a D44, with all that torque. With a 383 with the eliminators and superram and combo you have, 11.40's will be a stretch (likely doable with everything matched and dialed right in), but 11.80's are easily do-able. Of course a huge cam and stall converter would put you in the 10's but goodbye street manners. My combo isn't all that far from yours, and I just ran a 12.08. That's with a tune that is still getting better and better with changes, and a 3520 lb raceweight, and 3.07 gears. My cam is a 230/236 flat tappet, probably giving up .1 or .2 by running a flat tappet too. If you can do the 396 with the 195 eliminators and get a cam and converter stall matched up good but not too small to over torque the rear but not too big to kill street manners I would think you would be running 11.40's or better all day long. A 230 duration cam, .575 lift, 2800 stall, 3.45 gears, should be an awesome combo in a 396 with great street manners. JMHO. |
