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I normally avoid these threads like the plague, (just like I avoid externally balanced motors with long strokes, YIKES) but I will say something here, just to save some machinists some grief in dealing with some of our members. Moper mentioned the cost of balancing will vary depending on the...

And the beat goes on....Ramcharger, crackedback, talk to you off-board...as usual. ROFLMAO! P.S.Got two of the cars home, but neither are Mopars, will pm a couple pics later.

Yes! there was a small amount of residual moisture in the boots, turned to steam as soon as the headers started to heat up, and it started blowing plug wires off.

This reminds me of something that happened to me a few years back. I had just finished installing a pretty healthy brand x street/strip motor that I had freshened up for the guy, went from a solid to a pretty healthy mech. roller, made some other changes. I had set the timing, re-torqued the...

me either.

Interesting. They sound a little small, but I will be interested to see what sort of numbers your friend comes up with, as I have always found RHS published numbers to be pretty suspect.

OK, if this is still alive on the weekend, I will chime in with my thoughts. Glad to see some serious thinking going on here. Ramcharger & I are pretty much along the same lines on this.Sorry I havent really responded offline Ramcharger/Moper, cranky kid and a dinner guest last night. Man, now...

You know, when I see the clarity & technical mastery displayed in these responses, I realize the error of my ways. I just cant hope to compete here, so from now on, I'll just listen & learn, and leave the tech questions to the real experts on this board.

Thanks. Some good info on this thread. I am old school, havent played with the magnum heads, one reason being the intake situation. Very helpful.

General Rules of Thumb on Tighter Lobe Separation Pluses Higher peak torque Higher cranking compression More area under the curve between torque peak & horsepower peak Minuses Lower idle vacuum Power drops off faster after power peak Torque drops off faster below torque peak If...

The last two sentences say "It's a MP .430/.450 cam in it now and I'd like to step up to the MP .484 cam. Any input is appreciated as always."

I have never heard of this before, but it interests me. Do the ports in the old-style intakes line up well, or are there alignment issues like when you re-drill the chevy vortecs?

OK, I am not gonna rise (or sink) to this. Maybe debate was the wrong choice of words, is discussion better? I made a commitment to post this info, so I will. Once that is done, I wont get involved in any further tech postings on this board. Honestly, its just not worth the grief. The only...

Honestly, I'm a little confused as to why some people feel this is "cluttering up" wigsplitters post. he asked the question on this post about the .484, I gave him an answer, and a bunch of other guys (dusterdon, fishy68,moper) opened up this debate here on this thread. Wigsplitter still hasnt...

I mean the thread, not your car...

Boy, I can hardly wait to see how this goes! ROFLMAO!

Yes, its a magazine article. I posted the month & year earlier. When I do the explanation, do you guys prefer the valve events based on .050 numbers, or calculated off the advertised duration. I can do either one or both.

Thats what I was thinking too, might be better to start a new thread. I am just on my lunch break right now, so short & sweet. The baby is SO MUCH fun, I LOVE being a dad. The scans look kinda crappy, I did them on my photo-copier at work, but they are legible, so I guess they will do. I think...

OK, I am gonna scan the article after work tonight, it will probably be the weekend before I post it, as I will post my explanation at the same time, and while it is simple, it IS fairly long, & I will need some time without baby demanding my attention, so I will have to pick a quiet time. In...

"Not to mention the incomplete thoughts expressed... and then re-expressed and tangents that appear in some posts." To be honest, i am typing most of my posts VERY quickly & "on the fly" so to speak, as i have a busy job, a 1.5 hour commute one way, and a 3 month old infant who is usually...

Getting back to wigsplitter, yes, absolutely, he should tear it down and clean out the debris. I would also take a look at the back of the cam plate, as when the gear packed it in, it could have chewed up the backside.

Id rather wait until we get the dyno test posted, so you can take a look at it. Be patient...all will be revealed,theory included. that having been said, it is probably more instructive if we take this off board, but we can adress that after the dyno test goes up. Like I said, in the meantime...

Cant speak for anyone else, but I'm certainly not "jacked up" no reason I can see for anyone else to be either. Personally, I jump on an opportunity to learn something new, I guess there are some guys who put ego ahead of that, but I hope thats not the case here. I will contact my buddy tonight...

I'll fire one more thing out here. You guys are confusing cranking compression with "streetability" there is no direct correlation between higher cranking compression and more manifold vaccum. & My Performance trens engine analyzer disagrees, not that I would pay too much attention to what...

Moper, I havent looked at the "new" MP Cams, Someone else had posted that the new version of the 484 was on 114 lobe separation, I took his word for it. I know the old ones were 108 lobe separation. Gotta go eat my lunch, i will try to find time to check in on this thread when I get home from...

I'll get a buddy to scan the dyno test in question & post it. Tighter lobe separation always increases cranking compression. Dont have time to get into a long-winded tutorial on this as I am workingg now, no time during the week. if I remember, i will do one next weekend.

No, this is incorrect. Tight lobe centers give more cylinder pressure. Common miscomception. I know you arent likely to take my word for it(although I have actually tried it) so here a dyno test you can look at.June'99 Car Craft, they tested 3 otherwise identical cams in a SBC 110, 108, 106...

If the block/heads have been cut alot, its a possibility the distributor is bottoming on the drive, not on the manifold. If you put the distributor in the hole, and it doesnt seat all the way down on its own, DO NOT pull it down by tightening the clamp, as it will push down on the drive-gear...

Look down into that hole you just pulled the distributor and oil-pump drive out of. Theres a bushing down there. Shine a light down in the hole & you will be able to see it. If your oil-pump drive can slop around in that bushing, it will kill the distributor gear. Check that, like Moper &...

Just kidding you wigsplitter, but like moper & I and a few others have already told you, cam buttons are strictly chevy parts. Mopars are better engineered than that.