Ken,
The engine builder might not be a dummy, my poor choice of words.
But, after reading your own comments about his defensiveness regarding the detonation issue and the, "you come to me for a street engine and now you want a race engine"line, if he isn't a dummy he has a bad attitiude and doesn't deserve your business.
If he feels your horsepower numbers are acceptable then the only thing he has "accomplished" is to make a 454ci 427 run about as well as a mild 351 W. That accomplishment is nothing to be proud of.
I still want to know how he ran a hydraulic cam in a solid lifter only block without a bunch of machine work.
--Mike
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Originally posted by Shelbytexas
I spoke to Kieth Craft, and I suppose MidOHasp was right on the money.
First to say, the engine builder is no dummy - he is quite accomplished; 300 rwh just shocks me.
Kieth was quite politically correct and prefferred not to talk about the problem, but to address possible solutions.
Kieth says go with a hydrolic roller cam around .600 lift and from 235 to 250 duration. CNC the heads, add the roller lifters and stronger springs and I should easily be above the 400 rwh numbers.
He believes he can get enough vaccuum to run power brakes. Hope so, as the car is otherwise 99% original...
Thanks for all the help. Any thoughts on the vaccuum issue would still be appreciated.
Ken
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