It's all about torque fall off when you shift
calculate the % rpm drop 2-3 and 3-4
me if these are forged pistons I'd send em to Texas and have them dished (I'd do it myself)
see if whoever is going to tune up the heads (check the guides for tight and maybe give them a better concentric valve job ) can open up the chambers
use the thinner gasket- anyone else used another but Edlebrock's gasket- and since Edelbrock does not make gaskets whose is the cheapest gasket they were able to find?
I'd rather have a little more compression and a lot tighter quench - but that's me
My gut tells me the 268 Lunati cam with the 1.6 rockers on the intakes only would be max for that truck trading broad torque band for a little top end HP
If it was me I'd call Rick Jones at Controlled Induction and see how much he would charge to run the numbers for you- have your head flows handy, see how he adjusts for altitude and the other things that make your build sorta special- like the 3 speed
any chance on running a sft?
cheers
let me know what he says
