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Mopar had the chance to correct that lifter angle with the original version of the small block and failed. Dumbest thing ever but I guess they saved a couple nickels because of it. I loved the 48 degree setup when the R3 came out. If Mopar would have made the blocks more available and had a...

Track is a good indicator but also assumes that gearing, converter, tune and everything else is optimized for the whole combination. I’ve seen big power stuff run like a turd because of poor shock choices. I’ve also seen cheap, low power combos run great because the entire combo was well sorted...

It wasn’t an ideal combo because of the cam. We wanted a hydraulic roller and because of R3 core availability, we couldn’t get a very small cam. It was a hydraulic roller that was [email protected] and due to that HR, we didn’t pull it too high of rpm. CR was 10:1 IIRC. With a solid roller and 8,000 rpm...

Given the power they deliver, I’d say they’re fairly priced. Yes, I suppose they are sticker shock for some and yes, then rocker arms, but a great cylinder head. I’ve still seen guys buy other SB heads then dump a ton of money into porting an inferior head when they could’ve bought Victors...

Those Edelbrock Victor small block heads are great cylinder heads. I can’t believe they didn’t take off like wildfire.

Finding a core might be a challenge but there were lots of circle track guys running flat tappet R3 blocks back in the day so anything’s possible I guess

I had a hydraulic roller ground for a 48 degree R3 block and built a 630hp low compression pump gas 440” engine. It’s a great street car combo.

The 48 degree blocks are definitely to be avoided... send them all to me, I’ll take all you got!

My first thought after reading the first post was that we’re going pick an intake with zero consideration to the rest of the combination and the intended use of the vehicle. That rarely ends with success.

Looks great, can’t wait for more info.

I did a low compression, hydraulic roller cam version for car shows and cruise ins, it was 440”. Building a 650hp street strip 440.....

It wasn’t my feelings that were hurt, lol. You can see all my pictures on the b-body site. I deleted my posts as well.

The conversation had already turned to “what is high rpm” when I joined in and I only posted information on my combo in response to your questions. I didn’t post pictures in response to 512’s request for “proof” as I didn’t want to derail further. I’m a b-body guy, nobody wants to see that...

That’s exactly what you get when the accountants take over the business.

Looks like a great opportunity for someone to get into the oil pan manufacturing business.

9 pages and I’m so confused......are we comparing heads, flow benches or dynos? Lol

What are the “supposed Victor issues”?

You need to locate them using a head gasket and drill them from the bottom then spot face them from the top. It looks like there’s enough material to do this but I would confirm that with Edelbrock or sonic check. The last thing I would want to do is end up drilling into a water jacket. Since...

I suppose you could compare mph to weight but you’d introduce way more variables unless you used the same car for all tests. We all used the same dyno for these tests which was a much better comparison of combos. We were within 2-3% of the dyno we normally used with our big block builds vs. Comp...

Shorter rods? These were 5.4L Ford rods. Longer with direct pin oilers

Shorter rods? These were 5.4L Ford rods. Longer with direct pin oilers

I sleeved all 8 on that block..... twice... lol

Agreed on both statements! Hindsight is 20/20!

Similar power per cube. That valvetrain was interesting to say the least.

That’s it. I always wondered what became of those heads!

Stock 273 block 8 sleeves and 3.75 bore for 292 cubic inches Stock crank 5.4 H-beam Ford rods with EDM pin oiling Diamond custom pistons with crappy 1/16 ring package Wet sump oil pan and HV pump with oil crossover Iron magnum style engine quest heads w/roller rockers, jomar girdles and pushrod...

I’ve ran the same set of Comp 829 roller lifters for 10 years and just retired them. They all feel great. 4000lb Street/strip car running 9.50’s.

I don’t personally know Mike Jones, but from what I hear, he’s invented everything he’s ever been involved with if you get my meaning.

I have the Bam dlc coated steel axle bushing lifters in a hemi. Hopefully they hold up.

One thing I noticed when selling on Facebook is that I would get messages asking for lots of “additional pictures” of an item. They’re asking for those so they can run scam ads and have lots of pictures to make it seem legit. Unfortunately, I don’t think you can trust anyone you don’t know...