Whos running a 5.9L Magnum ?
Thanks man!
My original plan had been to use the stock Magnum heads, but they were cracked.
Iron rams are the base model 1.9 valves, untouched as delivered for $800 a pair (plus drilling for LA intakes, the LA bolt castings were out of stock) ...If I were to do it again, I would have had the heads prepped to take a taller/better/beehive spring, I'm kind of stuck with the 1110s and they really aren't enough for this cam and 6200 RPM through the traps.
Cam is 224/230 .536/.544 (high energy lobes).
Currently 4.11 gear and 26*8" tire. Best time was run with 3.91 and 27" Hoosier Quick Time Pro.
Converter is hard to say. Only footbrakes to about 2000, will go 3500-3800 on the transbrake.
This same combo went a best of 11.88 with a 670 Street Avenger Holley in good air, but a ton of 12.00 and 11.9xs in the heat.
When I was running the Street Avenger, I had $2800 in the motor air cleaner to pan, including headers, gaskets and 5 quarts of Royal Purple. Cheapest 11 second Mopar motor I've seen! ;)
By comparison, the quickfuel was an expensive .18 - LOL!
I don't have the sheets with me, but it made in the vicinity of 335hp at the tires on the dyno.
The car has caltracs and monoleafs and Calvert shocks also. Its a very very streetable combo (except for the gear).
There are some gotchas to the Magnum swap. I'm trying to put together a web page detailing all that stuff, but I pretty much suck at html and don't want to do something generic.
Huzzah! (I need to buy a copy of this pic)
I would really like to see what this combo would do in a more gutted/plastic bucket seat/no back seat/no wiper motor/no heater box type race car.
Thanks man!
My original plan had been to use the stock Magnum heads, but they were cracked.
Iron rams are the base model 1.9 valves, untouched as delivered for $800 a pair (plus drilling for LA intakes, the LA bolt castings were out of stock) ...If I were to do it again, I would have had the heads prepped to take a taller/better/beehive spring, I'm kind of stuck with the 1110s and they really aren't enough for this cam and 6200 RPM through the traps.
Cam is 224/230 .536/.544 (high energy lobes).
Currently 4.11 gear and 26*8" tire. Best time was run with 3.91 and 27" Hoosier Quick Time Pro.
Converter is hard to say. Only footbrakes to about 2000, will go 3500-3800 on the transbrake.
This same combo went a best of 11.88 with a 670 Street Avenger Holley in good air, but a ton of 12.00 and 11.9xs in the heat.
When I was running the Street Avenger, I had $2800 in the motor air cleaner to pan, including headers, gaskets and 5 quarts of Royal Purple. Cheapest 11 second Mopar motor I've seen! ;)
By comparison, the quickfuel was an expensive .18 - LOL!
I don't have the sheets with me, but it made in the vicinity of 335hp at the tires on the dyno.
The car has caltracs and monoleafs and Calvert shocks also. Its a very very streetable combo (except for the gear).
There are some gotchas to the Magnum swap. I'm trying to put together a web page detailing all that stuff, but I pretty much suck at html and don't want to do something generic.
Huzzah! (I need to buy a copy of this pic)
I would really like to see what this combo would do in a more gutted/plastic bucket seat/no back seat/no wiper motor/no heater box type race car.
