Recent content by hawaii five-0

Thanks for the replies, and keep 'em coming. I had read that thread about dyno testing the 440 with .509 Purple cam. Also talked to several guys at the track who put the .509 Purple cam in internally stock/low compression engines that had the 452 heads like mine, and bolt on items that ran high...

I weighed the car this weekend. It weighs 3220lbs. Not sure of actual compression ratio, but two of the motors are stock 1975 motor home engines, with stock 452 casting number heads. Plenty of guys say you have to raise the compression to get power, and I have no doubt that that would be a...

I have a couple motor home 440's with 452 heads that I'm going to use to bracket race in my 67 Dart. Trying to figure out what cam will yield the best times with my set up. I don't mind changing out the valve springs to upgrade the cam, but would like to use the heads and lower end as is. I'm...