Automotive Catch 22 - wtf

dart_68 said

The question is more "How fast can I make it go and still be able to reasonably drive it the 10 miles to the track?" This car will not be a daily driver in any sense of the word but having to drive it to the track very much restricts what I can do to the combo.

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OK, that gives us a starting point for suggestions. Keep in mind the wisdom of the ancients: "Speed costs money, son. How fast do you want to go?" :)

You can "relatively" easily construct a big-block A-body to run low 11's or even high 10's (on all motor) without super-deep gears. A 10.90 car should also be capable of a ten mile cruise if you don't cheap out on the cooling system. If you build a decent 451 or 470 (see the articles/threads by Andy F.) you can run that number.

Is that the kind of info you're looking for? As people have said less politely above, you're not giving us a whole lot to go on. But I'll take a stab. Hope that helps ;)

-Charles
ps Remember that faster than 11.49 is going to require a 6-pt. rollbar, at least by NHRA tech.

EDIT: Just saw you have a 360. You'll want to stroke that, and can make it well over 400" if you want to stay with a small block. The 904 may not hold up under big torque and full-throttle shifts...