Thanks. Me dumb. Do you have hard block in it? Thanks again. And a big Thanks for sharing.
New best on the AMX
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33IMP
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That black thing is one seriously badass carb.
Looking at both, I can see 50 more horsepower from the black one. (If the engine needs it. Clearly, yours does!)
Wallace says you picked up 45-50hp from a carb swap.
Looking at both, I can see 50 more horsepower from the black one. (If the engine needs it. Clearly, yours does!)
Wallace says you picked up 45-50hp from a carb swap.
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Where are you at
I have a bunch of old amx stuff 69...
A worked 390 rear trans 70 nose
Would like it get rid of everything
Rear is 456 with strange axles
Most of the body is junk ..
I have a bunch of old amx stuff 69...
A worked 390 rear trans 70 nose
Would like it get rid of everything
Rear is 456 with strange axles
Most of the body is junk ..
I'm in Alabama.
Have lots of trim and stuff
Think you don't need anything I have
Was telling my kid might take all the parts and rat rod it
Too much rust and body too rough to make it nice
Built 390 making over 400hp Was fun in the 80s
Think you don't need anything I have
Was telling my kid might take all the parts and rat rod it
Too much rust and body too rough to make it nice
Built 390 making over 400hp Was fun in the 80s
Tuscaloosa
how about a pic ...
had 2 made one stock ,nobody wants to see what the other one looks like (well maybe someone does )
BPE
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Good showing, man! You have done an excellent job over the years showing what our VR-200 heads are capable of. Thank you for everything, Vick. I knew when I sold you this engine (and we talked about this) it would be a huge step in the right direction. I appreciate it more than you realize, as this is not easy to do for a guy like me money wise. Good feedback benefits everyone that purchases our heads in the future. I will strive to make changes (if needed) and make an overall better product as we move forward. That's really what we're all about! Again, I appreciate it!
Thank you,
Rod
Thank you,
Rod
I've debated about posing this. Some will perceive me as kissing butt. But it's not that. I'm just communicating my experience with the product that Rod and Vic Bloomer produce. Their heads the VR-200's were on a engine that I purchased from Rod a few years ago. The engines been in the car maybe 4 years I think. Other than mistakes I made it's been pretty much flawless. Even with the Hughes rocker arms that I didn't feel comfortable with for the solid roller cam usage have been great. I almost never have to adjust the valves on the engine.
A little about their customer service. Anytime I have questions or ideas that I want to try, they answer the phone to listen to me and give me their opinion freely. Last summer My AMX developed a pop while going down the track. I thought that it might be weak valve springs. I bought a on the car valve spring tester and they checked " marginal" . I pulled the heads off and sent them to Rod. In a timely fashion he checked the heads and said that their was nothing wrong with the heads. Cleaned them up and sent them back to me quickly. It took a few months with winter and all but I finally fixed it. He didn't charge me a dime! That was 3 or 4 years since I purchased the engine from him. Talk about service after the purchase!!!
I've talked to him about selling engines, like I have as a crate engine. Because there's lots of people that would like a 680hp pump gas friendly engine. That's low maintenance and makes good power. He explained to me that he didn't think it'd do very well because most people don't have that kind of cash for a purchase all at once. I'm thinking if he offered them on a per build and customers pay for the parts up front and the balance on delivery. It's a great braket engine. And would probably be a great street engine.
Anyway, the Bloomers didn't know anything about my post before hand. I'm not kissing butt. Just sharing my experience with them. They have a great product and I'm not knocking anyone else's. But these guys race and have a racers mentality. It shows. I am thrilled with the performance of the engine. It's a full 3 tenths quicker than I ever thought it would be. People will say that I have a bunch of high dollar stuff on it. I do have a TF904 trans instead of a TF727. And a 904 is about 0.015 quicker than a 727 for me. I have a vacuum pump on it and most don't use vacuum pumps. But a vacuum pump only picked the car up . 0.06.
So thank you Rod and Vic for helping and old fat man have a lot of fun before I leave this world.
Vick T
A little about their customer service. Anytime I have questions or ideas that I want to try, they answer the phone to listen to me and give me their opinion freely. Last summer My AMX developed a pop while going down the track. I thought that it might be weak valve springs. I bought a on the car valve spring tester and they checked " marginal" . I pulled the heads off and sent them to Rod. In a timely fashion he checked the heads and said that their was nothing wrong with the heads. Cleaned them up and sent them back to me quickly. It took a few months with winter and all but I finally fixed it. He didn't charge me a dime! That was 3 or 4 years since I purchased the engine from him. Talk about service after the purchase!!!
I've talked to him about selling engines, like I have as a crate engine. Because there's lots of people that would like a 680hp pump gas friendly engine. That's low maintenance and makes good power. He explained to me that he didn't think it'd do very well because most people don't have that kind of cash for a purchase all at once. I'm thinking if he offered them on a per build and customers pay for the parts up front and the balance on delivery. It's a great braket engine. And would probably be a great street engine.
Anyway, the Bloomers didn't know anything about my post before hand. I'm not kissing butt. Just sharing my experience with them. They have a great product and I'm not knocking anyone else's. But these guys race and have a racers mentality. It shows. I am thrilled with the performance of the engine. It's a full 3 tenths quicker than I ever thought it would be. People will say that I have a bunch of high dollar stuff on it. I do have a TF904 trans instead of a TF727. And a 904 is about 0.015 quicker than a 727 for me. I have a vacuum pump on it and most don't use vacuum pumps. But a vacuum pump only picked the car up . 0.06.
So thank you Rod and Vic for helping and old fat man have a lot of fun before I leave this world.
Vick T
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Old, Fat, but FAST!!!
ValiantS
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Somehow I missed commenting on this...congrats and thanks for sharing. I wonder what the min. venturi diameter is on that new carb? It probably won't work on 'everything' but then what carb will? This is an example of why not to gage carb flow based on 'rating'. I just built some annular booster '1050' 4150/1.75" 'pro' baseplate bodies with a 1.58 venturi but, they likely flow about 40cfm less than these. I'd speculate this carb would pick-up even more converted to alchy.
I have one on the way from APD just like this one. But it's calibrated for alcohol. But it's doing so well on gasoline now. I really don't want to make any changes rite now.
You’ve ventured into “4150 style” carburetors. I believe these started getting developed when some sanctioning bodies required a 4150 to “level the playing field” so to speak…. so they built a better mousetrap. Similar to the Braswell 4825 I ran. It had 1.68 venturis and 1.79 throttle bores. it also spread the venturies to aid in distribution to the point you needed to run their air cleaner base, or fab one, to fit the 5 5/8 ring size.
Now it would be “fun” to work an intake and see what’d happen
Now it would be “fun” to work an intake and see what’d happen
Nice love painted bumper amx
When i was restoring the one to stock i used the 69 nose
Was thinking it would be cool to SCCA the one I have left with the 70 nose...never liked the look of them....maybe red white and blue it
When i was restoring the one to stock i used the 69 nose
Was thinking it would be cool to SCCA the one I have left with the 70 nose...never liked the look of them....maybe red white and blue it
I've never been a Dominator fan. I much prefer a high flow 4150 style. TBH I've never over carbureted a engine with a 4150 style carb. JMHO 4150's are more responsive. But we are going to use the Dominator EFI on the Dakota. I guess we'll see how that goes.You’ve ventured into “4150 style” carburetors. I believe these started getting developed when some sanctioning bodies required a 4150 to “level the playing field” so to speak…. so they built a better mousetrap. Similar to the Braswell 4825 I ran. It had 1.68 venturis and 1.79 throttle bores. it also spread the venturies to aid in distribution to the point you needed to run their air cleaner base, or fab one, to fit the 5 5/8 ring size.
Now it would be “fun” to work an intake and see what’d happen
We're back in Montgomery for a 4 day braket race. Lost last night 4th round. Unfortunately we set a new best time for the Bloomer headed SBM. We went 5.79 on the brakes. I guess we've got about 200 passes on the engine. It's probably just breaking in.
9secRR
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that's awesome. keep hammering on it. i don't think i will keep up to you now.......dang lol
9secRR
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5.79 in the 1/8 is 9.08-9.10 in the 1/4, man your car is flying. what's the DA?
BPE
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Thanks,
Rod
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