349 CI on the cheap

nemesis,
The 7.478 would be a 11.50 or so. But had I not lifted it would have run a low 7.30 or upper 7.20 with ease. But you have to keep in mind that this was only the first runs on the engine, and it was still freeing up and the tune up wasn't where it really need to be. Also to the air temp. went from upwards of 100* to upper 70's to low 80's in a few hours, so trying to keep the tuneup right and on the first day without enough time in between rounds may have caused the problem.

The 7.30 or 7.20 that it may have run would have put the engine running in the low 11's. A low compression version of this engine should be able to run upper 11's with ease. Keep in mind also that I was running a .473/.494 lift hyd. cam with 107* of overlap. When I redo the engine I may change the camshaft to something smaller, and then the compression won't have to be as high. I was really looking for the engine to run in the upper 6's which would put the engine running upper 10's in the 1/4. Had it not had the problem I believe that the next time out with more tuning it would have gone that fast. From the start to where I finished on the first day was 3 to 4 tenths faster, but not where it should have been. But I just ran out ot time for tuning.

Would I do this combo again, yep. It's a very powerful combo. And it will be again. The nice part about this is it can be vary streetable with less compression, and this is just a remachining of the piston tops. A smaller cam and .060 off the top of the pistons and you would be around 10.5:1.

Oh the 60 ft. times were in the mid 1.50's, they varied from 1.54 to 1.58. I just figured the HP on the brakeout run, it made 465 HP at the FW. 371 to the tires. And there was more in it.