Stock 360 Upgrades for Crusher Cuda?

318willrun said

whoa whoa WHOA on the first part I quoted!!!!. LOL :D Pistons do not NEED to come out of the deck nor does one need 10 to 1 compression to run 12.9's in a A-body with a 360. And, a cheapo off the shelf cam will get him his goal also. Your way would optimize the build and isn't wrong, just not necessary to reach his goal.

You are correct on the 2nd part I quoted about the headers. Although, even a bad header will be enough to meet his goals.

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I didn’t say that he needed it to run 12.9XX. I said it because there isn’t any reason to run less compression than that. Getting the piston out of the hole is to gain compression is better than decking the crap out of the heads.

A junk off the shelf cam will certainly give up drivability. That’s a fact.

Bad headers suck.


I’m not just about reaching a goal. I’m about optimizing whatever you are doing. A good cam costs the same as the crap shelf cam. Getting the compression ratio to 10:1 makes the engine run cleaner. You lose some pumping losses. And less than 10:1 in this day and age is just kind of silly. Even a novice tuner can handle 10:1 on pump gas IF they plan for it.

That’s why I posted what I did.