combo & set up

[bigred360]

Originally Posted by PROTD

Car: 1976 ford cortina TD

Rear end type: 9" 35spline, ladderbar, coilover etc
gear ratio: 4.56
Open, LSD or spool : Full spool

So I guess she doesn't go on many highway cruises then? - sounds tuff - nice combo.

[bigred360]

Holy crap - 454 (soon to be stroked) and with 30pounds of boost - now were getting serious! Does she break things in the motor /drivetrain much?

[FAT-245]

neale post your specs, i am interested in what you run :D

[bigred360]

The Charger runs

Engine CID 360ci -bored 40 thou
Head Type - Mopar large port J heads
Valve size - 2.02 inlet and 1.86 exhaust
Head Work - port
Cam Manufacturer - comp cam 246 - too mild (Racer Brown to go in)
Carb type and size - Holley 750DP - re-jetted
Intake Manifold Type - Edelbrock - RPM airgap
Piston Make ?
Compression Ratio - 11:1
RWHP - 325

Exhaust manifold brand & type - Pacemaker extractors
size of primaries - 1 7/8
exhaust diameter - twin 3" mandrel bent
x-pipe, H pipe, other - X pipe
Mufflers type - lukey turbo -

Trans type - Torqueflite 727
Trans Mods - stage 2 shift kit
Convertor type - standard
Convertor stall - mmm probably between 1800 and 2000
Trans Brake - no

Drive shaft stock or aftermarket - stock

Rear end type - BW
gear ratio - 3.55
Open, LSD or spool - open

Tyre Diameter - 17" wheels with 255's
RPM through trap - from memory under 6000
MPH through traps - 112
ET 12.8 (with a really crap 2.4 60' foot time)

Saving up $$$ for the 9inch, alloy heads and stroker to 426 and 3500 stally.

[HG383PREM]

Heres what I know about ours

Car:1971 HG Premier

Engine CID: 383 maybe a poofteenth bigger.
Head Type: Smoggers
Valve size: Dunno but they are Manley valves
Head Work: Cleaned up, a bit of porting here and there
Rockers: Crane rollers
Cam Manufacturer: Crane
Cam specs at 50: Havent got any but its a "290"?
Carb type and size: Barry Grant mighty demon 750 Double pumper
Plug number and brand: NGK BR5FS (I think)
Intake Manifold Type: Weiand Xcellerator
Piston Make: Hyperreutectics .040 over
Compression Ratio: 9.8/1
RWHP: Dunno, not even goin to guess

Exhaust manifold brand & type: Genie 4 into 1s
size of primaries: 1 5/8 (will grow when money permits)
exhaust diameter: Twin 2" (see last comment)
x-pipe, H pipe, other: Nup
Mufflers type: Silver things that are too quiet

Trans type: Turbo 400
Trans Mods: Stage 2 shift kit
Convertor type: Dominator
Convertor stall: 3000rpm
Trans Brake: Nup

Drive shaft stock or aftermarket: Heavy duty unit from Veem in WA

Rear end type: Nine inch
gear ratio: 2.75 at the moment, will be 4.11
Open, LSD or spool: LSD

Tire diameter: Frig knows, TA's 265/50/14s
RPM through trap: Dunno
MPH through traps: Dunno
ET: Dunno

I havent run it a the drags but i'm looking forward to doing that. Its mainly been a cruiser till I started to play

[smokem]

Originally Posted by bigred360

Holy crap - 454 (soon to be stroked) and with 30pounds of boost - now were getting serious! Does she break things in the motor /drivetrain much?

not so much in the engine but it snapped a few powerglide housings

heres a video of the 454 and i reckon we could put like another 4 or 500 ponies on top of what this made

YouTube - Smokems Awsome Burnout- Summernats 21

YouTube - Smokem burnout torana

[tanka5.7]

thats tuff i love when you can have a second delay between throttle pumps

[smokem]

yeah i had to do that or it to keep control of it
otherwise if i just nail it and hold it alot of times it,ll just
go whatever way it feels like and just keep flicking round the same direction!!
one day i backed off for a sec and realised ah yeah thats the ****
so i used that method at the nats and that was the result..

[tanka5.7]

nah i reckon it adds some flare or show of strength to a skid if you can back off in top gear pause and it goes straight back to big revs as soon as you smack the throttle.

[DaN VH]

Heres the specs for my 1982 VH Commodore that im currently building, it was left to me by my grandpa and it was my first car. Should be ready by this time next year im hoping. Going to be worth the wait!

ENGINE

Make : Toyota/Lexus 1UZFE 4l quad cam Ally block v8 with 6 bolt mains. Block cleaned and machined to fit larger head studs (7/16"), new sleeves with 15 thou overbore.
Mods : Ongoing full rebuild, 2uzfe rotating assembly (stroke to 4.5l) forged pistons with 15 thou overbore, forged H beam rods rated to 150hp each, full seal, bearing & gasket kit. Full ARP L19 stud kit (mains and rods), Stage 2 cam regrind (i think its 274 duration 385 lift). Trying to source an engine girdle from lextreme.com too just for giggles.
Induction : C38 Rotrex supercharger through standard intake manifold for now (had planned for an individual throttle body setup in a big box with a perspex lid for wank factor but we shall see.) I want to run about 10psi but should be able to push it alot further if i feel like being silly.
Heads : Mild port & polish with oversized valves, double valve springs and titanium retainers. Machined to fit the 7/16" head bolts.
Ignition : Controlled by engine management, nology hotwires leads
Exhaust : 2.5″ twin exhaust with custom made headers to clear the steering and chassis beams. (pain in the bum)
Cooling : Alloy radiator + twin thermo fans, oil cooler with thermofan for rotrex.
Fueling : Wolfkatz after market fuel rail/injectors (supports 1000hp), big **** fuel pump. Injector pulse and duration ECU controlled.
Power : unknown as yet, still not built!
Performance : should break 11s on street tires

TRANSMISSION

Gearbox : TH700 with stage 3 shift kit, reverse pattern if i can legally do it
Converter : not sure yet, depends on final cam specs
Diff : 9″ 3.9 LSD with 31 spline billet axles (was out of a VH drag car so it should do the trick)

SUSPENSION & BRAKES

Springs etc : 3″ lowered whiteline springs, 30mm spring steel adjustable whiteline front sway bar, 20mm rear. Rear upper adjustable control arms, boxed lowers. K-Mac fully adjustable camber and castor kit. Full bush replacement with all urethane whiteline/nolathane bushes, rides really well.
Shocks : Koni Adjustables
Brakes : Hoppers stoppers VT HSV spec upgrade kit with DBA4000 series slotted wiper rotors all round/bendix ultimate pads

INTERIOR

Seats : New buckets for the front retrimmed in leather to match the rest of it. Will probably be the last thing to be done though as the interior standard was in awesome condition.
Instruments : Autometer Nexus series instrument cluster

EXTERIOR

Full bare metal respray happening at the moment to black with a dark blue zurellic pearl, should look the goods. Not putting any body kits or anything on it just the SLE chrome trims and bumpers. Going for the sleeper look :)