72_dart
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I recently purchased a rebuilt slant with the intention of just dropping it in my 72 swinger. After thinking it over I have no idea what it was built for. *I purchased it from a parts re builder in Michigan and they don't rebuild engines. They acquired several of them in a surplus deal. The motor is setting in a crate with plastic and some old detroit gaskets. The guy said that that should date it as detroit gasket hasn't been around for quite awhile. All I really know about the motor is that it's a peanut head 225 long block. *It's been bored 60 over and the rod and mains are 30 under. *So what I would like to do is have the block decked and get a new cam have that installed and degreed. *my machinist said that I could get the compression up to 10 to 1 and run on pump gas if I back off the timing a bit. I plan on reusing all the international components. I have a offy 4 barrel intake and no carb yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to which cam will work best with this compression? *Has anyone built a high compression slant that runs on pump gas? *How high can I get the compression and have everything work nice? I don't mind it if I have to use premium, or if it is a premium only engine. I should also note that this car is a driver however I would prefer it to be more wild than mild. One other thing I should mention is that I have no intention of ever turbocharging this motor.
All your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, John
Does anyone have any suggestions as to which cam will work best with this compression? *Has anyone built a high compression slant that runs on pump gas? *How high can I get the compression and have everything work nice? I don't mind it if I have to use premium, or if it is a premium only engine. I should also note that this car is a driver however I would prefer it to be more wild than mild. One other thing I should mention is that I have no intention of ever turbocharging this motor.
All your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, John