9secRR
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right on. i'm not hating roller cams but it can be done with a SFT.
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ValiantRacing
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I don't hate roller cams either, but if you can do it with SFT then why not. For myself i just have a hard time with all the money it takes to run a roller cam.
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Exactly. Money plays a big part of it. When I put the 355” together I had no extra money for a roller setup.
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It doesn’t take long to hit 7000. Basically let go of trans brake and hit second gear lol
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In my mind the W2 is one of the best performing heads out there.
If I didn’t step up to the 414” W8, I would have sent them back to RAMM to max port and put big valves in.
middleagecrisis
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Are the intake runners tapped for nitrous? I bet the launch is special with the 6200 converter!
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What tunnel ram did you run?
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Holley pro dominator on the 410”
Just curious, I'm not a racer but it usually seems the other way around that the shift points are at higher rpms than the stripe, why is yours the other way ? where do you make peak power ?
From what I've heard a SFT can be more aggressive on some cams depending on lift duration range compared to roller.
First time I drove a 9 second car I noticed that right away....
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I upgraded to air shift, haven’t used it yet but I have a feeling I’m gonna like it.
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It’s possible.
I wanted to switch to a roller cam several times but just couldn’t justify the cost. I’m sure you know all about the added cost on parts being from Canada.
ValiantRacing
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You want enough gear to get you going, and shift within peak HP, but most of the time you will be pass that rpm at the finish line. In Stock Eliminator its even worst because you have no cylinder head flow.
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true statement. have to get the car off the line quickly.
i have 4.86 gear in the car now which works awesome. i did try a 4.30 gear for a weekend to see the difference and it was not good. hurt the 60' and naturally the same with ET and MPH. i don't remember the #'s but it was enough for me to switch back to the 4.86 gear.
How tall are your rear tires? Years back a buddy and I decided to play with his 72 Demon 318. Threw on and in a bunch of left over parts and a 4.10 gear and the thing rewarded us with a mid/low 14. The car was bad dead out of the hole and kinda figured the 480 lift (unknown duration etc) Wolverine cam was retarded since Gary just lined up the dots even though I told him I had a degree wheel etc. The exhaust note was pretty loud and that can be another indicator.
The car kicked pretty hard once it hit 3k rpm all the way to 6200 but was crossing the stripe around 5300. All I had was a 4.88 so that got plugged in and ran a 13.75 iirc on a pair of M/T ET Streets but was spinning them when shifted into 2nd. Do recall how tall they were but it was @6200 before the stripe. Just so happens I had a pair of 9x29 slicks. That did the trick to the tune of 13.51 @102 with a.......2.2 60'. The thing didn't have enough low end to do a burnout unless it was in oil. People were asking why it had slicks on it lol. What the car needed next was for the stock converter to get swapped out but after making about 15 passes, the 100k+ miles trans was showing signs of death.
As far as I know, 15 or so years, the rust free and original paint Demon is still sitting in his garage being ignored.
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