Dick
My suggestion, for your stock motor, would be to add a valve spring that
will allow you to go to 6500 RPM consistantly. Keep the belt driven water
pump & alternator. Add a good Fuel and Ignition system.
What gear ratio are you running in the rear?
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:09 AM
Subject: Small Block red Line
> Not knowing a lot about Chev small bolocks, I set
> a self-imposed red line of 6200. I did wind it
> right to 6200 on my last run, and that limit
> still managed to put me into the record book, but
> I'm wondering what a reasonable red-line should
> be. I don't want to be breaking motors, but I
> do want to see what it can do. This is an
> all-stock Chev 350, 4 bolts, stock rockers and
> springs in 882 (76cc) Chev head castings, flat
> top pistons, and a cam that specs out at 260. My
> plan for spring is to install an electric water
> pump and electric fan. The motor would have
> wound just a little more this year, but with
> those changes, it will hopefully have just enough
> more power to allow a little tighter winding
> (valve train permitting, of course). What do you
> guys think the max RPM for that motor should be?
>
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