Is bigger tyres worth it?
To get 350/400hp with iron heads means you probably have a
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To have a stout bottom end and be able to complain about traction, means your engine must have a healthy compression ratio, OR your TC is a fairly aggressive hi-stall.
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Part of traction is driver related.
With your above combo this is sooooo true.
And the 3.23s ain't helping cuz once you break traction, they just go and go and go. With a 240 cam, and decent valve springs, your shift rpm in first gear can be well into the 6000s......... which 6000 will get you 55mph; 6500 will get you 60. So pretty much, you have a one-gear requirement for the 0-60 speed-contest. The thing is; at the bottom you will be out of the powerband until about 3500 rpm, and at the top, you will be on the downside of the power curve by say 5500. Converting that to mph means you will be in the powerband from about 25 to 47mph. Of course this assumes yur hooked.
My math says you could run way less cam, and way more gear, and a matching stall,
and be just as quick in the 0-60 contest.
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I swapped from the Mopar 292/108 cam and 3.55s, to a 270/110 cam and 4.30s (with an overdrive), and my car was waaaaaaaaaay more fun;and the bonus was that my hiway fuel economy sky-rocketed.
But; getting off the line without tiresmoke became a bigger challenge. That's when I fit the 325s. In order to relax the bottom end; I tried a Holley 600VS for a short time, but I couldn't stand it for long.It mightabin quicker out of the gate, but the car lost it's personality. So then I tried a Holley750VS with still no personality. In the end I re-installed the 750DP and there it was; personality supreme. So then;
Then I just learned to drive the beotch.
