
Paul619 said:-Trick flow roller rockers 1.7to1
-Trick flow twisted wedge heads
yeah the heads help..... I know this from vw racing, but ring seal is the concern with me right now. What kind of numbers have you seen from other 289s? just wondering. what do you thin this is at the flywheel?Rumble said:He said he has Twisted Wedge heads... which is why his little 289 makes SERIOUS power!It's all about the heads. That should easily be a 13-second car.
Heads make the package alright, put a big arse cam in there without em and it'll fall on its face. With 255rwhpalmost 300rwtq low 13s should be no problem at all assuming he can get it hooked up.Rumble said:It's all about the heads. That should easily be a 13-second car.
Paul619 said:rich you know of anyone else here in town that has some wheels? i need to get some the ones i have are hideous...
well the stang is back in the shop something is up with the tranny. just got stuckon the freeway and had it towed up there grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr This car is really starting to piss me off![]()

Mizel said:Sorry about that stupid question Paul......to many hours in front of the computer makes the vision blur.
Well I also decided to see what kind of power I could pull out of a 289. Im not sure on some of the specifics about the short block because I had it machined and assembled by a shop that went under. But heres what I do know:
289 bored 40 over
Comp cam (not sure which model, but equivalent to the one that comes with the Edelbrock Perf. RPM package)
Crane roller rockers
Edelbrock performer RPM heads
Edelbrock air gap intake
Edelbrock 650 carb
Hooker comp headers
MSD Pro Billet Distributor
MSD wires
posi with 3.88 gears
Is all this stuff about equivalent to what youve got? Just looking to see what mine might put down.
thanks

allcarfan said:im surprised they advised you to get a bigger carb, but I guess the vacuum numbers dont lie.
What rear and trans are you running?
We can better estimate your flywheel hp if we knew that.
TrickStang37 said:what cam are you running? is the .540 lift with the 1.7's or 1.6's? Whats the duration #'s at .05? Either way I dont think your over cammed. your motor needs ALOT more air if your pulling vacuum at WOT, the heads are asking for more air. I could see you makin upwards of 280+rwhp/310+rwtq, most likely more still.
TrickStang37 said:260 duration @ .05 is an awful lot. are you sure that was @ .05?