Challenging orthodoxy

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Sep 11, 2008 | 02:06 PM

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Challenging orthodoxy

So I get frustrated reading car magazines and the forums. It appears that they all want to do the same thing, and nothing ever gets challenged.

So I want to go WAY out into the weeds and do something strange.
I want to build a hot rod motor that does not contain AFR cylinderheads, an Edelbrock intake, or a Comp cams cam. Now I read a healthy portion of Tony's posts and is more than likely a good guy, but I really dont want to use his product for purely illogical reasons.

So what I am thinking is a 355ci motor, forged crankshaft, I have some used billet rods, and maybe a decent set of flat top pistons. (the new LS7 has hyper pistons and a 4" stroke turning 7000rpms)

So I am thinking Dart Iron Eagle 200s (have you seen the flow on these 288cfm out of the box at .5 lift

) with 64cc chambers.

Crane cams 222/230(112 LSA 107ICL) OE Hydraulic Roller Cam (284/292 112 LSA 111ICL).

1.6 ratio roller rockers

Hooker sidemounts

Should be fun!

The goal is 460hp and this should more than meet the goal.

Hell a ZZ430 with a hotcam should get there too. But that's just scandalous.

I have no idea about induction, I am leaning towards a weiand Team G with a barry grant vacuum secondary 750cfm speed demon with annular boosters would be suitably out there.

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Sep 11, 2008 | 02:23 PM