Now that I'm starting to have extra money and time around I'm finally starting to mod my car. Here is what I'm thinking. I'm a "budget racer" so most of these parts I can get/find for cheap in excellent condition.

- L98 converted to carb. Holley 750 VC, Torker-II intake, long tube headers with 3" duals.
- World Sportsman II heads, 64cc, 2.02/1.60 manley valves, 1.55 double springs with .600 max lift.
- SLP 51010 Cam, .502/.510 lift, 224/230 duration @.050, 112lsa
- TH700R4, 3000RPM convertor, 3.27 posi rear and sticky tires
- A fair amount of weight reduction (I'm guessing about 200lbs off so far)

After I got that all set-up I was gonna save up some more money then just pull the motor and rebuild the bottom end with forged pistons and all that other good stuff and run a 150HP shot of juice.

Currently (stock with cat-back) I can run 14.592 @ 93.11mph with a 2.141 60' that was with the old 2.77 rear and no weight reduction. What kind of times do you think I could pull off with this combo with and without spray? Does it sound like a good match? I'll only be driving this car about 3 times a week so gas mileage and what-not isn't an issue

 

Anyone? No suggestions?

 

I would not use that intake; the car will go faster with a Performer RPM.

I would not use that cam. It's a fuel injection cam, with all the necessary compromises; I would pick one more appropriate to a carb. Something like a Comp XR276HR maybe.

3" dual exhaust is going to be a real challenge to fit under one of these carswithout giving up ground clearance. If you plan on going in and out of driveways, I'd stick with a single exhaust, maybe the 4" Mufflex.

If you get the motor to run right, you will definitely need some suspension work, otherwise you'll just sit there and smoke the tires.

 

Suspension will definately be the next thing to do. As for the 3" duals, my friend came up with a good way of doing it on his car without any real bad clearance problems. Since this is going to be a race car it wont see the city (potholes and train tracks) very often so I can live with some clearance loss. Now that I look at it the XR276HR looks pretty good to me.

I'm sure someone out there has a setup simular to this one so I'd like to know what they could run. I'd be happy with mid/high 11's on the 150 shot and 12's on motor

 

I wouldnt use that cam either. I have it, and the more I think about it and do stuff, the less happy with it I am.

If you get the Performer RPM (or any Edelcrock product for that matter), allow some lead time to verify the casting and machining of the manifold is correct, otherwise you may not have enough time to order another one (or two, or three). Edelcrock has no QC department apparently.