Originally Posted by jrsmith80
Originally Posted by OneBadGMC
Well, you're going to be limited by piston to valve clearance if the short block is together and the reciprocating assy is balanced.
How much piston to valve clearance do you have now with the cam that's in it?
My error on the compression, I used -7 instead of +7.
What rear gear is in the car? What trans? Bought a stall converter yet?
I do not know how much piston to valve clearence I have yet, I have not purchased a cam or any other parts of the valve train.
The starting rear gear is gonna be 4.56, I m going to be running a Redneck Performance TH350 Tranny with Transbrake and there 9.5" converter, planning on a 4000 stall.
Im liking all the ideas that are being posted here. I have thought about putting in a solid roller cam but decided against it for now just so I could get the motor together on a decent budget and go enjoy it. I do however plan to go that route later on, I will always need a winter project. My mind may change after reading what you guys are posting here.
Jeremy
A solid roller is night and day in performance over a big flat tappet. Friction alone is a huge performance increase.