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I use other ppls sets

1987 Monte Carlo SS.running a 496 BBC with a powerglide tranny..Ford 9" rear with a 4.30 gear..Motor was built by Denny Offerman and has all the best and more..Running 2" Hooker Headers.. Cage and chassis work by Vallow Chassis ..Car is 100% streetable still and very drivable as long as your not going to far as it only has a 8 gal. fuel cell..Will get more photos up later on and hoping to get into the 10.80's this weekend.. Running at Byron Dragway and Great Lakes mostly..May go to Route 66 later on as well as US 42 in Moroco Ind.. Thanks !!!

Very nice... ours in an '86

JFR_Jim wrote:

VLR_Shock wrote:

I know nothing about cars, I feel dumb. Karl might as well been typing in chinese

Dont lie to yourself shock. You know plenty about cars. Setting up cars on dtr2 is a rare talent.





Very nice cars Yenko and Woods.

Thanks Jim, Yenko still has the monster of the two though lol

About a 15+K monster..will be adding either a 1-2 stage Nitros kit soon..

i know nothing about the nitrous. but i can say a 383 is strong and very versatile! Where abouts are you stashin that car at?(where are you from)

Rain I'm from Central Illinois..Pontiac ..

I like the 383 engine. But for dirt
I like the 350 crank and the 400 block it will turn 8000 rpm with all stock rotating parts.
If you use the the 400 crank 3-3/4 stroke it wont turn hi rev's maybe 7200 on a good day but will definatly pull some logs up the mountain.
personal best is 352 C.I. on the shorter tracks 400 block with a 327 (3.25) crank revs 9000 and holds together real good.
now theres a lot more than just putting cranks with blocks there always has to be some machine work done,
and you have to deside what rod length you want the longer the rod the slower the torque comes in. On a short rod engine it may be to torquie off the corners you might have to back the camshaft off 2 degrees or more. But on a 5.7 to 6.0 inch rod you will need 4 to 6 degrees of advance cam timing but before you go and do this stuff you need someone that has a great deal of experience look at your junk cause everything changes everything especially on the Camshaft, Lift how far the valves opens Duration How long it holds the valve open Ramp angle How quick it closes the valve, lobe center very touchy subject most cams are ground on a 106 lobe center, but 20 years ago while working with Crane Cams and developing 9:1 compression racing engines we found out if you close the lobe center to 101 we could fool the engine into thinking it was a high compression engine 12.5 :1 and get a 200 lb weight break. There is no substitute for weight the less you have the faster you will go and if its
un-sprung weight thats everything below your springs its an amazing difference. ok I could go on and on but im sure im boring someone with this.

To figure you Cubic Inch I have used this formula for 35 years
bore x bore x stroke x (pi squared) .7854 x (how many cyclinder you have) should look like this on your caculator.
example of the 352 racing engine 4.155 x 4.155 x 3.25 x .7854 x 8 = 352.53
Maybe next time we will talk about compression ratio and how to figure that or crankshaft to rod ratio or anything about racing engines.

well we must of goten lucky with our 383 we turned that thing 7500 all night every night of the year ran that motor for 6 years bored 60 over with stock 5 7 rods i do agree though de stroken a 400 block will prolly last longer at higher rpms but hell anymore if they built right theyll last

Jammin if you was bore 0.60 over and you was running 3.75 stroke you had a 388 cubic Inch engine not 383
.030 wold be a 383 and std bore would be a 377. 7500 rmp would be pushing it, i would recommend a 643 gear behind a 388 at our local track strong 3/8 mi. stock rods for that crankshaft would be 5.5 you would have had to use 2 felpro headgaskets (not good) or use after market pistons with the pins raise .030 . I've done that many times .

ya i guess your right carl wouldnt be a 83 anymore being bored that far over but hell my real fun any more comes from a 2 wheel machine

Jammin wrote:

I luv the 2 wheelers, up until 4 years ago I had a Harley Utra Classic but after I got cancer and they whack me up so bad, I couldn't hold it up, so I up and sold it out of frustration. but now I could, Im good now but it took three years to get over being cut damn near in half. Renal cell carcinoma bad stuff, I hope nobody I know ever gets it, since my cancer had metastases they only gave me a 5% chance to survive 1 year then 2 now its been 5 years, I fooled them i'm still here. My last check up (cat scan) said no cancer no change, and thats good news for my wife. lol me to I guess. My 2 sons was all prepared to take my company over. Their pissed cause they still work for me. My oldest son is 51 years old and hes been working for me since he was 16 years old, he says he will be retired when I decide to quit working. I'm finished here, none of this matters.

Karl I just got a whole lot more respect for you man! Anyone who beats cancer is the toughest person in my book. I lost my grandma to colon cancer a few years back she was only 54 at the time, and my junior year in High School my best friends dad passed away from colon cancer also and it hit me pretty hard cause I grew up with them living across the road from us. Cancer is no joke and Karl I'm glad to hear you beat the odds man, and I hope it never shows it face again for ya! Take care

Thats awsome that you beet it Carl not many do i watched my grandma and dad die from it not fun shit and hell a persons gota keep workn i think what keeps us going