Recent content by fshd4it

Hell, we can't even buy real boat diesel in California anymore. It's made outta soybeans.

How close is the correlation between cylinder pressure and DCR? I suppose going with a cam that has more duration @ .050 will be a little safer? 3 motors, 2 cams, still gotta buy one ( as the Comp 275DEH is kinda off the table).

Yes I am, the house is at 340'. Future digs won't be above, maybe even closer to the water.

I have a spare 3.91 chunk, still don't know what (if anything) this motor is going in for a while. I can keep them together as a set though.

Normally it's 91, there's one or 2 places I can get 92, but i haven't found 93 (yet). I've read our gas here in Washington isn't the greatest, but I don't know if that's true. However, I'm moving (hence the rush to finish all these engines I've collected), and I'll be able to get 93-94 octane there.

Is there a consensus for "safe" pump gas DCR? I've seen 8.4 or thereabouts, but as all things I trust that's application specific. Years back I degreed this cam (when it was in my other 340), hence the notes on that sheet. I entered both their 42°, then my 44° (plus 15°), and the DCR did drop...

The pads are kinda all over the place, from .065" to .082", and not in a pattern that would suggest the heads are cut crooked. I've thought about building a "quench motor", but only with a flat top piston and Magnum-type chambers. Figured that gives someone like me enough of a running start not...

I don't think these heads have been cut drastically, I'll get that measurement.

Advertised is 296°, I couldn't find a stated ICL. The pistons are above deck by .033 to .036, depending on the hole.

So here I go with another "it's what I've got" cam query. 340, +.030 w/ speed pro L2316 pistons, stock X heads @ 68cc. According to both Wallace and UEM calculators, SCR will be 10.1 w/ a FelPro 1008 gasket, or 9.7 w/a 8553. I'm definitely leaning to the latter. The cam I'd like to use is an...

I think that's where I'm going with this. A nice upgrade for someone who doesn't want to change a whole bunch of parts, with the added bonus of it being a better cam due to it's age. With regards to the FT 360 I'm building, I have a Lunati 60403 that I'd much rather use. Now I just need to pick...

NbT, thanks for taking the time to explain. Probably stating the obvious, but I'm not going for broke here. My junk is all street car stuff at best, that's all I need to put a smile on. So, for me, good enough really is good enough. As I've said before, the knowledge, ability, and experience...

This is what I've assumed, or at least thought I understood. So, am I to understand it's not really the case? Or am I reading this wrong?

What about basically stock heads? Let's say 2.02 X/J, or Magnums, does a cam with (reasonable) lift above where flow drops off make sense?

Then there's that. It's doubtful I'll run manifolds on a car, even more so a stock converter. Or it might end up with an 833. I could avoid the cost of new rockers by putting Magnum heads on it (I'm sitting on a rebuilt stock pair), have quench, and spend the coin for an intake. I'm not intent...