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07-30-2005 #1
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also listen to Jody, he's built a few over the top BBC's!
BTW. the 572 isn't necessarily such a bad motor, its IMO overpriced and would be a pain in the ass to install. and like frank said a huge torque monster, and if there 620hp rating is true then it is a piece of junk, but i have heard it puts out more like 680. Also sharifoff is a good place but there other choices out there too, I recommend a really good local guy
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Take it from a former street racer, mushy down low is a good thing. unless you get your rocks off on having a car that cannot hook up. Like we are building, LOL!
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Yody,
If you don't have enough beans to break loose a tire with a 30 series aspect ratio, you probably shouldn't be in this thread at all.
In fact, you should pull your carburetor. You may have accidentally left a wrench or a floor jack in your intake tract.________________
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It's not that i haven't grown the beans, its that I DON"T want to break the tires loose. also i have a 35 series tire
Originally Posted by streetfytr68
Yody,
If you don't have enough beans to break loose a tire with a 30 series aspect ratio, you probably shouldn't be in this thread at all.
In fact, you should pull your carburetor. You may have accidentally left a wrench or a floor jack in your intake tract.
I am sure if i put the pedal to the metal it would burn all down the street, but considering there is not sheetmetal on the car, it has about 2 miles on it, and the neighbors are already calling the police, I don't think "trying" to spin the tires is a smart thing.
Just as a side note, my cam is only pulling like 7" of vacuum, it is a tad big though especially for a "little" 454. But the roller helps smoothen out the idle, not from the smoothness of the roller but how the cams are designed.
Frank. I totally agree with you on the torque thing, exactly why I built my car the way I did! All of the drag racers LOVE torque that seems to be the new fad, but as a more all around car/handling car I really didn't want to be burning tires at 60mph at all. I think an aluminum block would be killer, but I believe they are like $4000 dollars bare( I could be wrong here) I don't think the trade off would be worth it, especially since he already stated he wasn't going to track the car and wasn't too concerned.
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