Hood Clearance Valiant
Thanks for the kind words, guys...
360 wrote; "how much boost you want to run?"
Heh heh... about 30 pounds! Unfortunately, this is on a stock 360 Magnum short block with hypereutectic pistons that disintegrate at the slightest hint of detonation, so I think I'm going to be running a MAXIMUM of 10 pounds, although the blower will probably make more. I have some friends with Grand National Buicks that run 25 pounds, but they spend half their time replacing head gaskets. I am too old for that s***... Seriously.
64 Dart GT, insofar as California goes, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 24 years (from 1980 to 2004). I had enough traffic jams, idiotic smog inspections, crazy street people and stratospheric real estate prices to last me the rest of my life; couldn't WAIT to get back to Arkansas! NO smog inspections here... and an "antique" plate for your 25-year old car is a one-time-only fee (I think it was $17.00.)
No annual license fees for old hot rods... :)
Bring that Dart wagon here to Faulkner County, and we'll see if we can hook you up with some boost... I made two extra Vortech mounting plates when I built mine; they're available to anyone with Magnum heads who wants to attach a V-1, S-trim Vortech to their motor (might fit others, too; I don't know.) See attached photo (the standoffs don't go with the plate, but they're easy...) $100.00 each... about what I have in them. They MIGHT work with L-A heads; I am not sure about that. Has to do with the positioning of the accessory mounting holes that are drillled in the front of the head. They may or may not be the same on Magnums as the L-A motors.
Come on down.........:profilel:
Ol' Bill, in Conway, Arkansas
Thanks for the kind words, guys...
360 wrote; "how much boost you want to run?"
Heh heh... about 30 pounds! Unfortunately, this is on a stock 360 Magnum short block with hypereutectic pistons that disintegrate at the slightest hint of detonation, so I think I'm going to be running a MAXIMUM of 10 pounds, although the blower will probably make more. I have some friends with Grand National Buicks that run 25 pounds, but they spend half their time replacing head gaskets. I am too old for that s***... Seriously.
64 Dart GT, insofar as California goes, I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 24 years (from 1980 to 2004). I had enough traffic jams, idiotic smog inspections, crazy street people and stratospheric real estate prices to last me the rest of my life; couldn't WAIT to get back to Arkansas! NO smog inspections here... and an "antique" plate for your 25-year old car is a one-time-only fee (I think it was $17.00.)
No annual license fees for old hot rods... :)
Bring that Dart wagon here to Faulkner County, and we'll see if we can hook you up with some boost... I made two extra Vortech mounting plates when I built mine; they're available to anyone with Magnum heads who wants to attach a V-1, S-trim Vortech to their motor (might fit others, too; I don't know.) See attached photo (the standoffs don't go with the plate, but they're easy...) $100.00 each... about what I have in them. They MIGHT work with L-A heads; I am not sure about that. Has to do with the positioning of the accessory mounting holes that are drillled in the front of the head. They may or may not be the same on Magnums as the L-A motors.
Come on down.........:profilel:
Ol' Bill, in Conway, Arkansas