Prince Valiant
07-31-2007, 10:22 AM
Thanks Wikked, for taking the pic...it's funny, the picture makes the car look for cleaner and sharper than it actually is! (which isn't saying much)
Anyways here she is:
http://www.wikked.com/bcm/7-27-07/01.jpg
The car, as it currently sits:
Engine: Recon built 318 short-block. Stock rods, .060 over pistons.
Heads: Home ported 360's. Uses the stock 1.88 valves. Milled .040 to get compression to stock 318 levels (318 and 360 heads use different combustion chamber volumes).
Camshaft: Summit "big cam". They only have two a small one and a big one. The big one is tiny by virtually anyones standard...218/228 degrees duration @ .050, .441/.441 peak lift, 114 degrees LSA. But at 62.95 for cam AND lifters, the price was right.
Intake: Eddy performer RPM. Leftover from the sold 360.
Carb: Holley 750 DP. Just a little adjusting of the idle...and it does great. Runs a little rich at WOT, oh well. Holdover from the 360
Headers: Hedman 1 5/8th, too small for the 360...fine here.Flows into crush-bent 2.5 inch duals with thrush's "super-turbo-hemi" mufflers.
Ignition: MP electronic ignition. Another holdover from the 360.
Rest of the car: 833 4 speed manual trans (2.65/1.92/1.33/1.00:1), "stock-and-newly-broken-in-three-pieces" shifter (the 1-2 shift is mostly fine...2-3, 3-4, 4-2 present problems...currently stuck in 4th gear), 8 1/4 rear end (surprisngly strong) with auburn limited slip, 3.90 yukon gears, stock axles.
Tires: Farm and Fleet mud&snow whitewalls. Upgraded from 185/75R14's to 205/75R14's mounted on stock, 5.5 inch wide wheels.
If it wasn't for the shifter, I'd be taking it down to GLD tonight to see what it'd run...no point in going down just to miss gears. As it sits, assuming good shifter, I'd guess this was a low 14 second, maybe high 13 second car...with the small cam, it's all done by 5000rpm. It'd probably be better suited with 3.23 gears right now, but this engine is very temporary. When I finish the tranny in the CSX, I am putting together a 360 short-block to stick under the heads...the idea is just to stick a big ol' cam in it with high compression (11.0:1 or more) pistons, with the current heads and see where she ends up. Hope to have it ready by october.
Anyways here she is:
http://www.wikked.com/bcm/7-27-07/01.jpg
The car, as it currently sits:
Engine: Recon built 318 short-block. Stock rods, .060 over pistons.
Heads: Home ported 360's. Uses the stock 1.88 valves. Milled .040 to get compression to stock 318 levels (318 and 360 heads use different combustion chamber volumes).
Camshaft: Summit "big cam". They only have two a small one and a big one. The big one is tiny by virtually anyones standard...218/228 degrees duration @ .050, .441/.441 peak lift, 114 degrees LSA. But at 62.95 for cam AND lifters, the price was right.
Intake: Eddy performer RPM. Leftover from the sold 360.
Carb: Holley 750 DP. Just a little adjusting of the idle...and it does great. Runs a little rich at WOT, oh well. Holdover from the 360
Headers: Hedman 1 5/8th, too small for the 360...fine here.Flows into crush-bent 2.5 inch duals with thrush's "super-turbo-hemi" mufflers.
Ignition: MP electronic ignition. Another holdover from the 360.
Rest of the car: 833 4 speed manual trans (2.65/1.92/1.33/1.00:1), "stock-and-newly-broken-in-three-pieces" shifter (the 1-2 shift is mostly fine...2-3, 3-4, 4-2 present problems...currently stuck in 4th gear), 8 1/4 rear end (surprisngly strong) with auburn limited slip, 3.90 yukon gears, stock axles.
Tires: Farm and Fleet mud&snow whitewalls. Upgraded from 185/75R14's to 205/75R14's mounted on stock, 5.5 inch wide wheels.
If it wasn't for the shifter, I'd be taking it down to GLD tonight to see what it'd run...no point in going down just to miss gears. As it sits, assuming good shifter, I'd guess this was a low 14 second, maybe high 13 second car...with the small cam, it's all done by 5000rpm. It'd probably be better suited with 3.23 gears right now, but this engine is very temporary. When I finish the tranny in the CSX, I am putting together a 360 short-block to stick under the heads...the idea is just to stick a big ol' cam in it with high compression (11.0:1 or more) pistons, with the current heads and see where she ends up. Hope to have it ready by october.