BARRACUDA1968
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I had a mishap with my last engine build. Lifted the Champion head so I pulled the motor and decided to go TA Performance aluminum heads. Mild porting and everything else in my sig is the same.
I decided to tear the motor completely down to the bare block. I have an old friend who offered to help me with the job. I'm doing this only because I did compromise the head gasket but didn't milkshake the motor. I figured why not take a look since Doug offered his help. I would not attempt this myself. Here's what he just finished building. 3000 Horsies.
I dropped the motor off yesterday and Doug asked if I wanted to make any changes like cam etc. (He's recommending it) I said not if I don't need to. Now that I have the new heads I'm sure there's more power to be had but my goals are a dependable street car that will run in the high 10's with sticky tires. I also talked with Husek and he said a different cam may wake it up too. Doug's the type of engine builder that wants to maximize every inch of the motor and he's good at it but like I mentioned to him is if I go much further than I may need to upgrade my fuel system which I don't want to do if I don't have to. I'm 95% street car.
I have a Red's XP Plus pump and stock fuel lines now. I believe and could be wrong but this should serve my purpose at the power level I'll be at?
I'm told 18 PSI will be plenty of boost for my goals at the track so that's kind of my target. I want to keep the stock ECU and run a TT chip for now because I believe this will also get the job done. I'd go E85 but we don't have it real handy around here so I'll stay with the Alky.
So how far can I go with my current fuel set up?
I decided to tear the motor completely down to the bare block. I have an old friend who offered to help me with the job. I'm doing this only because I did compromise the head gasket but didn't milkshake the motor. I figured why not take a look since Doug offered his help. I would not attempt this myself. Here's what he just finished building. 3000 Horsies.
I dropped the motor off yesterday and Doug asked if I wanted to make any changes like cam etc. (He's recommending it) I said not if I don't need to. Now that I have the new heads I'm sure there's more power to be had but my goals are a dependable street car that will run in the high 10's with sticky tires. I also talked with Husek and he said a different cam may wake it up too. Doug's the type of engine builder that wants to maximize every inch of the motor and he's good at it but like I mentioned to him is if I go much further than I may need to upgrade my fuel system which I don't want to do if I don't have to. I'm 95% street car.
I have a Red's XP Plus pump and stock fuel lines now. I believe and could be wrong but this should serve my purpose at the power level I'll be at?
I'm told 18 PSI will be plenty of boost for my goals at the track so that's kind of my target. I want to keep the stock ECU and run a TT chip for now because I believe this will also get the job done. I'd go E85 but we don't have it real handy around here so I'll stay with the Alky.
So how far can I go with my current fuel set up?