Posted by Jeremy [ 130.63.85.44 ] on July 20, 2004 at 11:38:16:

In Reply to: Re: '83 Cutlass posted by Wayne Parham on July 19, 2004 at 23:28:07:

>You never really consider mileage when you build something like
>this. It's definitely no economy car, with mileage in the single
>digits.

I'm sure you have more than enough time and money in that car so that gas is a negligable cost by this point. Besides, you are getting a lot of entertainment value/gallon. There are 6000lb SUV's out there that don't do much better, milage wise, and I'm quite sure they don't put a big stupid grin on your face when you plant the loud pedal.

>Setting up as a quarter-miler, I'd probably choose 4.11 or higher
>gears and a single plane intake and a cam with longer duration.

Yeah, I figured you had it set up as a street car. Kind of more fun that way, I imagine.

>I'd also choose a lightweight rod and piston so the rod bolts would
>survive higher RPM. Even the best ARP rod bolts enter the plastic
>region at about 5200 on a big block Olds with iron rods, so after that,
>it's just a number of cycles before failure.

Wow. I had no idea it was that tight-kind of frightening really. I always figured the mass of the valvetrain would be the limiting factor. With 500 ft*lb on tap, who needs to spin it that high anyway?

Awesome car, thanks for sharing.

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