your dream engine!
Burning Brakes
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From: Tampa FL
Re: your dream engine! (garagedweller2)
You read my mind about the ZL-1 :) Of course I would like just to have any 427 for my '77 but cost restrains me at the moment. I think someone posted about 427s earlier today, and there is just SOMETHING about that engine.
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Drifting
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Re: your dream engine! (garagedweller2)
ooh...I'm going to have fun with this...
Aluminum SBC bored and stroked to a 427CID (small block)
Dart Pro-1 aluminum cylinder heads (2.08/1.65)
12.5:1 compression
Billet crank and rods.
Comp Cams XR-274 solid roller cam. with 1.6:1 roller rockers.
Edelbrock multi point fuel injection.
Hooker supercomp headers with my same exhaust.
Desk top dyno gives me 530HP@6500 and 578@3500 ft-lbs.
Aluminum SBC bored and stroked to a 427CID (small block)
Dart Pro-1 aluminum cylinder heads (2.08/1.65)
12.5:1 compression
Billet crank and rods.
Comp Cams XR-274 solid roller cam. with 1.6:1 roller rockers.
Edelbrock multi point fuel injection.
Hooker supercomp headers with my same exhaust.
Desk top dyno gives me 530HP@6500 and 578@3500 ft-lbs.
Team Owner
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From: Lakeland, FL
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Re: your dream engine! (garagedweller2)
>>what is your dream engine?
That's easy!!! Merlins engine is the ultimate engine!!!
:cheers:
Olivier
That's easy!!! Merlins engine is the ultimate engine!!!
:cheers:
Olivier
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From: WInnipeg Mb
Re: your dream engine! (Merlin522)
YYAAA that 708 is craziness.. i saw it on horsepower TV a couple of weeks ago.. i think it was like 850 horsepower stock and with a few mods you can get over 1000 HP.. WOW!
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Safety Car
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From: Tampa FL
Re: your dream engine! (Justin79-L-82)
Wait until you see what happens when I put some induction on it! Steve over there at AllStar says he's already experimenting with a supercharger setup. I'm trying to convince him to build me a twin turbo version. Should be able to get that puppy up around 2,000HP with some good boost...
Drifting
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From: North Carolina
Re: your dream engine! (Merlin522)
when you put the 708 in, what will happen to the 522? Isn't that a $30,000 engine combo????
I bet it'd look right at home in my '77.(actually I'd probably pawn it and use it as a healthy downpayment on a Z06). :cheers: :cheers:
:jester
Daniel
I bet it'd look right at home in my '77.(actually I'd probably pawn it and use it as a healthy downpayment on a Z06). :cheers: :cheers:
:jester
Daniel
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From: Tampa FL
Re: your dream engine! (Chris Fowler '80)
Actually, I think it could be more sleeper than mine. It's just a tall deck big block. By doing a setup similar to Monty's, it might fit under a tall L-88 hood or twin turbo hood. That's one of the things I really like about Monty's setup - it fits more in line with my original plans - to keep it all under a fairly stock hood. One thing is for sure, it can't be much less sleeper that what I have now!
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From: Tampa FL
Re: your dream engine! (Merlin522)
Monty - yeah, I'm drooling big time! Saw your engine over on another forum - looking good! Those wastegates look like mini-chainsaw motors to me. OK, what are you REALLY up to? ;)
Daniel - I'm sorry to say, that I am actually thinking about a C-2 for the 708. Who knows? Either way it will have a completely different frame so Merlin I will probable stay or go as one unit.
Daniel - I'm sorry to say, that I am actually thinking about a C-2 for the 708. Who knows? Either way it will have a completely different frame so Merlin I will probable stay or go as one unit.
Le Mans Master
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Re: your dream engine! (Merlin522)
Merlin522: Who sells that thing? How much will it set you back?
Yeah sure :yesnod: ! :lol:
Yes, just another tall deck... ;)
Actually, I think it could be more sleeper than mine.!
It's just a tall deck big block.
Le Mans Master
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Re: your dream engine! (garagedweller2)
I must have low asperations. I only wanted a stroker with FI and maybe a blower under the hood with an OD automatic :crazy:
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From: Yardley PA
Re: your dream engine! (garagedweller2)
Now THAT's my kind of question :-)
Depends on what I want to do with it....
1.) All out racing:
Stroked twin-turbo small block
2.) Madness:
Merlin Rolls Royce V12
3..) Yeeehuh: (The most likely one)
Aluminum BB 427. Twin Turbo/ Twin intercooler. EFI with 8 throttle plates like the BMW M5. Dry Sump. I'd say 800-1000 hp at the wheels on pump-gas :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Stefan
Depends on what I want to do with it....
1.) All out racing:
Stroked twin-turbo small block
2.) Madness:
Merlin Rolls Royce V12
3..) Yeeehuh: (The most likely one)
Aluminum BB 427. Twin Turbo/ Twin intercooler. EFI with 8 throttle plates like the BMW M5. Dry Sump. I'd say 800-1000 hp at the wheels on pump-gas :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Stefan
Racer
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From: St Louis MO
Re: your dream engine! (Bob Turner)
Torque Engineering makes an aluminum 860 cid V12, 1200hp. Primarily used in boats, but a V12 under the hood would sound great.
Link: http://www.torque-eng.com/
Gary
Link: http://www.torque-eng.com/
Gary