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Like when you drive by the Lamborghini dealership. It's reckless beautiful art. The maintenance is too much. You want to be in it, but you can't afford it.
Tom
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I would be very interested in that if you still have it around.
No, and thanks, but that's not the type of setup I am after. It has to be a factory built short tail housing with a slip yoke.
That way I can still have a governor and a parking paw on the output shaft over using the A&A...
OEM 351 Windsor block is 9.500"
That is incorrect.
OEM 351 Cleveland block has a 9.200" deck height
OEM 351 Windsor bock has a 9.500" deck height
However the hot setup is buying an aftermarket Windsor block with the 9.20" deck height and 302 mains if you want to race.
Tom
Everytime an NHRA Pro Stock engine had the deck height lowered a .100" they picked up 15 HP. Now Pro Stock deck heights are down to as low as 8.600"
It's not a secret that lower deck heights allow for more horsepower to be made.
Tom
A normally aspirated engine will always prefer a bigger bore to allow larger valves to move more air.
Higher rpm racing engine you would want way over square 4.375" or 3.91" stroke. Heads up you're going to need it still pulling at 7500 rpms without running out of head.
Depending on the level...
Those always have a yoke that bolts on to the tailshaft with a bolt, not a slip yoke like a regular car transmission has.
I guess I can always buy an A&A kit if I really want a short transmission, but I think those delete the governor. Then you have to manually shift gears.
The tugs would have...
I was talking with a friend tonight and he was telling me a story I wonder about. He claims that years ago he got some short 727's that had slip yokes, not bolt on yokes used in the tugs at airports that tow the planes around.
I've personally never heard or seen one. What say you all?
Tom