5.66's.Nice video. The handicap didn't help those 2 much. I can't make out the board, but it looks like he was running low 8's.
5.66's.
The black car was holding at least 4 if not 5. We should have held our dial and let him break out, but he spot-dropped at the MPH cone and got the win.
1/8 mile. 5.66 @ 120-121 mphWow. I missed the chute on the back, but I was "only" 3 seconds off.
1/8 mile. 5.66 @ 120-121 mph
Would be in the 8.80-8.90 range 1/4 mile around 145 MPH. Never been there to know. 4.88 gear gear = 73-7400 RPM through the 1/8 mile traps.
Parachute is req'd when you hit 150 MPH in 1/4 mile. Never have deployed it since we got the car.
I plead the fifth to the question of if all that may change next year (possibly going from 505 CI (850 HP) to 540 (~910 HP) or 565 (~940 HP)).
565 will put us in the 5.35 @ 127 and 8.35@155 MPH window.
As with anything, $,$$$ dictates what happens. We have small headers on it that might choke a 565 so that's be the only reason to do 540. 505/540/565 all use same crank and rods, just different pistons. Boring is the same price regardless what gets taken off.Thanks. I was wondering about those numbers. Good luck with the 540 and the chute.
As with anything, $,$$$ dictates what happens. We have small headers on it that might choke a 565 so that's be the only reason to do 540. 505/540/565 all use same crank and rods, just different pistons. Boring is the same price regardless what gets taken off.
505 = 4.25 stroke 4.350 bore
540 = 4.25 stroke 4.500 bore
565 = 4.25 stroke 4.600 bore.
It's a dart M. With a 4.600 bore, there's still 1/2" of cast iron around the bore, and the bores are Siamesed such that a brave soul could run with as little as 1/8" of iron between bores (the head gasket is the limiting factor at that point).Is the block grey Iron or ductile, and when do you start worrying about durability?
I have a question about nascars 362 ci blocks. How much could they drop the displacement with a different crank and milling the block?
Those are some strange looking pistons.
I was asking if a 362 could be dropped to a 330
Cup V8 is restricted to a 106.3 mm (4.185 inch) maximum bore, a 5.86 liter (358 cubic-inch) maximum swept volume, a 90° crankshaft, steel conrods, a single valley-located camshaft, flat tappet cam followers of no more than 22.2 mm (0.875 inches) diameter, pushrod & rocker-arm valve actuation using steel pushrods and aluminum or steel rockers, (approved) aluminum cylinder heads with two valves per cylinder
The valve reliefs go down into the piston, then the 50cc domes come up into the combustion chamber.
So, in theory, nascar could drop the displacement to control speeds on super speedways instead of using RP's. Thanks again.
Those picks make it look like the piston tops aren't completely round at their borders. Optical illusion, I guess.
We had our cylinder head guy mill/weld/CNC the heads to match the pistons. Then use the head gasket to define the piston-valve clearance.That's one wild looking piston. I guess that's how they cram those oversized valves in there. Thanks again for the pics.