crashbash david bash st. charles (215 posts) Registered: 01/28/2008 10:53AM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Rdst V8 project, 1968 MGC GT, 1969 MGB Rd olds 215 |
Re: engine girdle
Anybody? Ready to order stud sets for engine and hate to have to do it again should the "girdle' pop up. I have the engine boring plate (built for rover,buick,olds app) almost completed that would be availble to you pretty quickly if you need it. I've got to have all the pieces together now for the machine shop to start the +.030 block overbore, balance, blue printing, etc.
below are the estimated cam and outputs of the engine. This is with 300 crank (4.3L) Any thoughts on these specs? Do I need a girdle even? Thanks dave bash "I re-ran your cam optimizing for best average power between 4000 and 6500 RPM. This will put peak power at 6000 RPM and you'd shift at 6500 RPM for best acceleration. I assumed: 1 5/8" headers, 10" long by 2.5" diameter collector 2.5", high flow mufflers 9.5:1 compression single plane std flow intake manifold 650 CFM Holley double pumper carb your ported Buick 300 cylinder head flow numbers The resultant cam specs are: 277/287 degrees seat duration 0.526"/0.490" 111 LSA 60 degrees overlap Vizard's cam selection criteria agree with the 111 LSA as being optimal for your engine. For street performance, he recommends 50 to 70 degrees overlap with the higher number for small valve heads so this cam should behave on the street. We could push it up the RPM range a bit (increase duration to get more overlap). Prediction is 334 HP at 6000 RPM and a torque peak at 4600 RPM. This assumes a relatively aggressive ramp rate of 3.72. That might be a bit high for the small diameter GM lifters. I re-ran for a more moderate 3.0 ramp rate and it lost around 10 HP. This also assumes Jon's flow bench numbers. My heads on Dave's bench were a bit lower. I substituted those and it lost another 10 HP. So I think a conservative prediction would be 315 HP @ 6000 RPM for a 9.5:1 engine that'll run on pump gas, be easy to drive on the street and live a good long life." |