New engine build thoughts

pittsburghracer said

Maybe in Seattle but not his home track. I don’t think he will pick up a second in the 1/8 mile with this those upgrades. That car was missing some ET with his last combo and without hearing what he is running for a convertor I’m betting his stall is to low. If I were a betting man I guess 4000-4500 stall in his last combo.

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You are pretty close IIRC. I think (again, this is ME thinking and we all know how that goes) the OP mentioned in another thread he had a 3500 converter.

That’s low for a street driver. I just ordered a PTC converter for a friend. It ended up being an 8 inch housing and an 8 inch stator. That should be close to 5000-5200 RPM flash stall.

And that’s what we came up with for 70% street/30% strip use. They use this in a lot of dragweek stuff. If the cam is right ( a Racer Brown spec’d solid roller) and if the idiot doing the carbs doesn’t have his head right directly up his arse, this thing should be very impressive.

I’m hoping this thing hurts some people’s feelings, because the way it was, was completely depressing.

And my point is...today a converter like that is as driveable as a 3500 converter was 30 years go. A good converter company, just like a good cam grinder, is a hot rodder’s best friend. Way to many guys just don’t have enough converter. Not saying the OP doesn’t, just making a general statement. Today’s converters do way more than 30 or even 20 years ago.