Main cap BOLTS on a squeeze motor? At that HP level?
I have been following this thread closely as I am building a limited use street brawler.
I have one of the bigger boss main blocks and am deciding what caps to use. I have billet 3 center cap set, a 5 cap billet set, and a hemi cross bolt steel cap set, and a main girdle too. ARP studs everywhere, and I will do a half fill for better strength and ring seal. I have the Speedmaster raised runner heads that I will fully port (I have an HP machineshop and flowbench) and will run around 270 @ .050 solid roller, around 11 to 1 comp, 1.6 rockers, and have a Victor and Super Victor along with HP 950, 1050 and 1150 carbs. Headers are TTI 2 1/8" step, 4.10 gears, 8" and 9" convertors and billet internals for the 727 along with a trans brake. Other engine internals are 7.1" rods, and a billet half inch aero winged crank. Overbore will be .040 or .055" and I will bore notch the block to match the valve pockets once I unshroud them.
Also on the fence about raising the ports to Max Wedge height and or widening them some too.
The 72 Challenger it's going into has Super Stock springs, two poly buckets, and the interior is in the process of being tinned too.
Already did a bar and subframe connectors, and I have the torque box and spring hanger reinforcements to install.
I am hoping for 9 anything on the motor and whatever it will run on a 250 plate.
I intend to tune it and get kicked out on the motor, then go to the other track, get kicked out on the plate, and just drive it on the street.
Main question is what caps to use? Are the hemi billet caps worth the trouble for what I am doing? Or will it kill the block anyway?
Anyone done a similar combo?
I know it's an E body, but there isn't many go fast folks on that board!
I have 275-50 R code drag radials and frontrunners too. I really don't know what the weight or performance will be. Any thoughts on the build or expected performance?
THANKS! TIMINATOR
