I like it sleeper built bulletproof.
I like what you've accomplished.. although I have to admit it leaves me scratching my head a bit. Why an R block If you don't want to hit it with nitrous or boost it? Also, did I read correctly that you have a twin disc clutch? I do understand the shaft mount rockers for high rpm though.. It seems as if you loaded for bear and went rabbit hunting, so to speak.. You have some really expensive parts in that car that will easily make 50-100% more than what you currently are, when paired with other race parts. Were you initially shooting for more, and then decided to go with the sleeper motif?
I'm not saying it's not a sleeper or it's not bullet proof. I'm saying it's like moving into a nice neighborhood and building a nuclear fallout bunker to live in... next to the house with the white picket fence...
What I'm asking is.... why?
It does seem a bit counter-productive to assemble a race motor only to choke it down with a set of overworked E7s. Nitrous my ass. A little air an it'll feel like it's coming out of a slingshot.
Was it just to see how far it would go? Some race bracket that's stock headed (but after-market everything else)? Show a cheap set of Chinese crap heads that kind of love.
Great thread. I like stop in to see what's happening with this project when I see an update.
Plenty of examples of stock class foxes dipping into the 11s and high tens. Motor magic isn't the whole story.
I like what you've accomplished.. although I have to admit it leaves me scratching my head a bit. Why an R block If you don't want to hit it with nitrous or boost it? Also, did I read correctly that you have a twin disc clutch? I do understand the shaft mount rockers for high rpm though.. It seems as if you loaded for bear and went rabbit hunting, so to speak.. You have some really expensive parts in that car that will easily make 50-100% more than what you currently are, when paired with other race parts. Were you initially shooting for more, and then decided to go with the sleeper motif?
AgreedSeems like I remember him saying that ising the E7s was simply something he wanted to try and accomplish....kind of trying to do what most others can't.
As for the R block, I would imagine that is to help survive the higher rpms he is seeing. Also, I have read several post by Woody where he accredits good ring seal for being worth more than most realize. He also makes the point of saying that an aftermarket block does not twist like a stock block and ring seal will normally be better. In the same post he said that if all things were equal, he believed the aftermarket block would make more power due to these benefits.
Soory OP, I may be giving a much different reason for why you have done what you did, but I understand why you have done it and think that it is pretty cool.
Joe
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