so your saying I can't go back in the junk pile and spend a few hours in the shop to come up with something that can compete.
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Here is the catch: I can afford more, but I chose not to. I LIKE what I do. When you build for others, then you'll find you'll never please everyone. So, please yourself!
Dan the man
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I think that it was Howard's. Look at what different classes cost. The little guy can't afford to compete. I've read some of the engines that guys have built and they are big money
Dan the man
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Not if you are going to run 12.5 and less
By the way, last time I had a Duster out, I dialed 14.00 and beat a Mustang with a 10.79 dial for the Final. That's bracket racing
Yourself? I do
Thanks for the reminder. Usually that is forgotten.We're on Dyno's and Chassis and all this and the OP's opening statement is he just wants a simple 318, not even 300 hp.
ABSOLUTELY! And again, ABSOLUTELY!
Dan the man
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That's coolBy the way, last time I had a Duster out, I dialed 14.00 and beat a Mustang with a 10.79 dial for the Final. That's bracket racing
I'll do that easily with a re-ringed , valve lapped 383.
Many thought it was "cool". I thought it was "fun". Same with my Van. Went to the finals and put many bracket cars on the trailer at the First NoNameNationals. It's about the fun. Too many think "cool" and not "fun". I have fun with my cars, even if they aren't cool
I threw a 200,000 mile 5.9 mag in a full size truck and ran 13.0's against a head wind in it's only time out. LOL
Dan the man
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That's what it's all aboutMany thought it was "cool". I thought it was "fun". Same with my Van. Went to the finals and put many bracket cars on the trailer at the First NoNameNationals. It's about the fun. Too many think "cool" and not "fun". I have fun with my cars, even if they aren't cool
3000# car and 300 horse can get you there according to Wallace.
Your HP is 303.58
computed from your vehicle weight of 3000 pounds and ET of 12.50 seconds.
But I know my 66 won't run anywhere close to that. Or my Swinger. 230 horse on a good day. 13.60's. I need to run them a few times.
Time to take a trip to Earlville ????
junkyardhero
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you don't have to class race, you can bracket race and have loads of fun and make good money! you've "read" this and "heard" that which translates to "you don't know".
yah you can throw a grip of skrilla at a motor and be billy bad ***. but you can also put a whole *** raft of dudes back on the trailer with a 318 2bbl cutting killer lights and running right on your dial in.
how much HP do you think it takes to run a 12.5 1/4 danny boy?
hint, it's less than you think
Dan the man
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JE pistons $1,099 for the set. I thought that I better be accurate for you, if that's not expensive let me know what is
Dan the man
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I don't know how much HP it takes to be honest. It also takes suspension, tune, gears, converter or I'm i wrong here too.
Dan the man
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I believe that. But I think that they were talking about small blocks
PRH
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The DTM thread derailment mastery is in full force.
What was initially a mild 318 build thread has now morphed into a “cost of bracket racing thread”.
The original premise of the thread just a distant memory.
What was initially a mild 318 build thread has now morphed into a “cost of bracket racing thread”.
The original premise of the thread just a distant memory.
junkyardhero
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i found the pistons-- even though you didn't supply a link! but i'm cool like that.
anyway, it's these right?
oh my stars... would you look at THAT.... 1.46 compression height. huh. interesting. what in the world would you need those for?
besides, there's a whole host of other forged pistons available that are actually, you know, correct for the application that are about half that. wiseco, JE, summit, speed-pro...
so yeah, reel your neck back in chachi.
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