Your opinion on this combo
First off all sorry for the late reply, got alot going on right now ;)
And a big thanks too all of you for laying your opinion, it really helps me deciding which way to go and it seems i may be aiming in the right direction. :D
braveseal said
do yourself a favor.....DON"T use eagle rods,
buy some Crowers,they're well worth the $1000.00!!
good luck to ya!
Any reason not to go with eagle rods? Not sounding negative , just curious :)
A thousand a set is way over my budget and the eagles are half the price and still expensive in my eyes! I havent heard alot of bad things about them.
Im spending about 2½ years budget on the rebuild but i want to do it right the first time , and more power brings steadier stuff like better rods and pistons. Dont want anything breaking cus i held back at it the first time if you know what i mean :)
Chrippa, sounds like a tire 'fryer' to me. I think you will like what you have. I am sure you will make some changes along the way, we all do it. What color is that. I DO like it. Info please. Good luck and as always...follow up and performance numbers please. Terry.
Thx for the kind words :)
But im sorry to say i dont have a color code for the paint. :(
There will absolutely be a follow up, im going to try to find the time to go and dyno the engine when its out of the car when the build is done so i have what the engine hp is and not the rwhp. Both is good though but im certain i can take a little more time on a bech dyno then on the rollers.
Not to rain on the parade but what is he going to do with the extra 40cfm above the 590 valve lift? At least go to 1.6 rockers to try and use some of it.
Sure wish I had an extra 40 cfm to play with on my combo.
I would talk to Jim at Racer Brown about your combo and especially the head flow numbers. I believe he can make you a cam that will make better use of the airflow you have. M2CsW.
It sure will be a fun car to drive either way.
The budget wont alow for 1.6 rockers this time but i have it in my mind that they will be changed later on. What lift were you thinking of ? About .650 lift , or more ?
Ive been thinking about Straightline performance or Racer Brown for the roller cam, it depends a little what the price ends up at but im going to give them both a call and see what they have to say :)
