Dyno'ed My 360..it's a pig..what next?

ebigga67 said
This kinda tells me that everyone has been pi$$in in the wind with their advice.

Not necessarily...but I need to start somewhere. Spending time tuning to see what the current setup can really do BEFORE I go throwing money at parts makes more sense. With a proper tune I might be completely happy...or I may decide that I need to start giving Summit part of my paychecks for a while. I started this post thinking there was a defect/problem with the setup (aside from the A/F). Now I'm realizing there isn't anything "wrong" with it aside from not being an efficient power making setup. That doesn't make it a "bad" setup.....just not one that makes a ton of power.

Where I go from here will be dependent on how the car feels once it has some good fuel delivery.

harrisonm said
You already have the Air Gap. I would address the heads. It sounds like your flow is poor. I have Comp's XE268 in my car with a 750 Eddy carb and some lightly worked J heads with 2.02s. I think you could easily hit 250 at the rear wheels without spending a bunch of money IF you can do your own work.

Heads are probably one of the first places I'd make a change, if needed. I know people who are very good at porting, so I might port/re-valve what I have, or maybe go get some Edelbrocks and benefit from the weight savings.

yellow rose said
Prolly 20 HP in the tune up. That'll give you 200 HP to the wheels, about 220 crank HP.

I'm probably making more than 220 at the crank now.....but the A-518 is soaking it up like a sponge. :banghead: Not worrying about that.....at least I know it can take a beating.

frosty_the_punk said
If you wanna screw around with getting the mixture right, save yourself a lot of time and headaches and get a wideband O2 sensor.

Was thinking about a wideband....thanks for the link.

I do appreciate everyones input, and understand that people have different opinions on what they consider "good power". I will take all this under consideration. I am methodical in my troubleshooting. Start small, and work up from there.....