Recent content by Newbomb Turk

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. I’m not sure how old you are but in my lifetime the Chrysler guys were and are the worst at spending money. If blocks were 2k they might, MIGHT sell 10% more. Maybe. This forum is a great benchmark to see how people think. At 2k a pop, I’d bet 90% of the guys on...

I posted a video about this exact thing after I was called a liar and a bunch of other ****. It’s in the Performance forum. It’s not that long. Worth watching if you want to make power and increase engine life.

I guess the question is why you think a curve would slow the car down? The absolute worst case scenario would be that the car ran the same. And the engine would thank you for not beating the **** out of it around peak torque.

It’s SLIGHTLY different going from the dyno to the track. It’s not like it’s some massive change.

That’s what you have to do. Account for it.

I have never seen anything adverse from running offset lifters. Like I said, when I see that I look at spring load and heat treating. One other thing it could be is pushrod flex. The incredible loads generated by pushrod flex is real.

I know some guys who weren’t traction limited were adding 3-4 degrees of timing at the hit to get the car moving and they pulled it out at the gear change. I know the guys with powerglides didn’t do it because the engine didn’t want all that timing all the way through low gear.

When locking out the timing did you account for retard? Timing stability is easy to get if you aren’t married to some way of thinking. I can tell by what you wrote you haven’t read what Bill Jenkins said in 1975. That science hasn’t changed.

Ok lol

I haven’t. But it will retard. At what RPM and how much there is no way of telling until you test for it.

Ok, I doubt you have 37 degrees at 5800 and up. And probably less than that even at lower RPM. All ignition boxes retard with RPM. They don’t retard at the same RPM and at the same rate, even comparing boxes with the same part number. Other than not knowing exactly what the timing really is...

lol that was it. Damn getting old sucks.

Where is the timing at 5800 and at 7000? You probably need 2 degrees more at 7000 than you do at 5800. Are you foot breaking or on the trans brake? Damn. I had one more question and I forgot it. If I think of it it I’ll ask.

That’s true. So does William Baldwin. I usually start with the distributor locked out and then tune from there. I have a 3 stage retard on the desk I use so I can change the timing and see the results. A bracket car maybe, maybe I might lock out. Maybe. But to do it so you are not beating the...

Thrust plate.