Yellow 1968 383 4-speed GTS
Do I read right that you have a spare left big block manifold? How much just for that? :D
I don't really have a spare.........The one on the car is a C-body that's had the flange cut off and a 2 1/2" pipe and exhaust flange welded on..........I have a '69 383 driver's side manifold that was on the car when I first put it together (it had headers when I bought it from the original owner who'd ditched the original manifolds when new).........
First of all, Brown Sugar is pertty sick! That's the anit-sleeper. I dont suppose that's going to be driven to the track.
The Video is really good as a general refference. I bought it when I was having some problems tuning my Holley DP and it looked like it would be helpful for other stuff as well. The detonation and quench, degreeing cams, and adjusting valve sections sections were good. I would have liked more about chosing a cam in the camshaft secion since most people wont be buying custom ground cams. The audio on my DVD is the only real criticism that I have because its hard to make out everything you are saying. Watching the Dart pull some holeshots was the best part.
Thanks..........No, the car won't be streetable after I get finished with it (it wasn't before either).......camshaft will wear out springs just racing it......and there's not much of a cooling system to save weight.....:wink:
Cool on the video......Yeah, I'd thought about spending some time on camshafts, but there is SO MUCH to that, I could have made a 160 minute video on JUST that and still not have covered everything.......There are just too many variables to be able to cover everything.....and one of the biggest variables is the owner......You can have 5 guys with the exact same motor, and they'll each need their own specific camshaft for what they want out of the car and their driving style........then you change the compression 3 points.......or intake manifolds.......or go to a larger header......or go from a low stall converter to a high stall........or even change the gear.......and the cam needs to be changed.......and it really doesn't cost that much more to have somebody like Dwayne Porter have a custom cam ground and drop shipped to you.......I've used him on at least 50 builds and EVERY motor has run EXACTLY like I'd hoped and expected........some even ran better.......IMHO, Porter is the Pimpetious Pimp Daddy of Pimping.......:afro:
Yeah, I spent over 10K making the video........took me 6 months to get ready to shoot it.......we shot it all in a day and a half.........then when we start going through it, we noticed the slight echo........My editing guy is VERY good at what he does but we just couldn't get it where we wanted........and I was out of money and over budget already........My thought was that as long as the info was good, people would still like it......:wink:.......I focused on the things that were eye opening when I figured them out.......Initial timing was one of the biggest for me........MAN, was I excited when I figured that out at 21 years old!!:D The info in that video is hard to find elsewhere, but since the internet is so huge now, you can find it, but you have to sift through all the crap that's out there too......:icon_smi:
My car is a perfect example........weighs over 3,500LBS.......idles extremely smooth......Dominator is dialed in to where it drives around like a two barrel.......No "bombidy, bombidy" crap........has power brakes......4-speed.......hardly anyone even looks at it when I first unload it..........Last time out, I made one pass and went 10.66 @ 127 and when I pull back into my spot, there are guys there waiting see what's under the hood.......when I pop the hood they look pretty confused!!! LOL.........then they ask how much I'm spraying it......when I tell them there is no nitrous on it, the REALLY look confused.......LOL......
