hollenjoe,
according to my book, yes but not verified.

 

hjoe,



your cam is an excellent choice and is in my workup with the same build....probably never do it though. I'm running 8.2 on 91 with a bit of timing adjustment...ret.

i was building for propane tho...but no it's over 3 bucks locally so screw that! The xe has better lift.

What I dod was had a custom hyd roller ground with basically the xe262, xe 256 combo. .520 lift on both and 212/218 @.o5o. gets it on... aus heads....9.4cr or so.

With the 4v heads it's not that expensive of a build for 485ponies....would spend more as much building a big block to get that.

 

Yeah its exactly my point, almost 500 hp and maybe a little tweaking for 500 lbs of torque on a 4v streateble cheap horse.... I might get my hands on such a build in a year or so, right know im full of stuff...

 

I forgot to say: nice dcr, how much retarded? you must be getting excelent torque and throttle response from that setup

 

i tore the tranny up and haven't really finished tuning it proper...so not sure exactly how much I had to go...down to 5-6 initial i think but a different set u0p in the distributor is whats needed I think. The quench of the oz heads (or 4v) helps a lot.

Got the tranny rebuilt and ready to put it together soon I think. Maybe this weekend. Also had a less than par edelbrock carb...got a new one to put on it. I had the old one on the 351w that i built and when i put a new elec choke on it the engine really came alive so I'm thinking it really wasn't in shape for my 400.

My truck has a very heavy- home made- flatbed on it...and it was very strong...so we'll see once i can get it together and get real serious about the timing etc. I think the flatbed is going to go too.

gotta get er done so i can focus on replacing the body on the 79 bronco...picked up a rust free body thats off the frame for 300...so pumped about that!

also...i find the dcr to be variable as the measurements are off a bit...ie i measured oz heads cc at 54-55 not 62. And i've heard many if not most are closer to 55 than 60....let alone 62. So many might think their dcr is a couple points lower than it is.

 

Roger why dont you try a thicker head gasket, Tim sead somewhere around here he has a 0.045" one, it should help your dcr and get your timming advanced a little...