Sounds good!
My current experiences-- '00 RT, with a bunch of bolt ons (1.7 Crower Rockers, Mopar Headers, 4bbl M1, F&B 52mm, Mopar PCM, MSD6a) did 254 hp & 306 torque at the rears... and a best of 14.3 @ 95 mph
Did a Crower custom cam built around my 1.7s, Mopar Perf. RT heads (1.92 small valve) bolted on straight out of the box)-- Results- 283 hp & 325 torque-- The biggest difference, the HP and torque curve comes on much sooner, then runs a lot higher (254 @ 4600 rpm before, 283 hp @ 5400 rpm now--- Truck makes nearly 85 hp & 95 ft. lbs. MORE than when stock at 5400 rpm!) Ran at the track this past weekend with some crappy tires-- 14.8 (major major wheelspin) @ 98.7 mph! then a 14.4 @ 98.5, then ran a set of 28" Hoosiers I borrowed-- 14.19 @ 97.9 then a 14.18 @ 97.8 mph! With a set of 26" MTs I should be in the 13.99 or better range. I'm going for a 2400 rpm converter too!
For people wanting to go this route (small valve, lower peak RPM than the 2.02 big valve crowd) I will be selling the complete setup very soon as a kit if there's interest (have a couple people already).. Kit will include roller cam (Crower), *1.7 Roller kit/rev kit, *High Perf. Roller Lifters, *1.92 valve RT heads, *timing chain, *all gaskets.
*Delete items for people with these components already on hand.
Sam
www.socaldakota.com
"Yeah I lied on dragtruk-- I can do 14.18 1/4 mi :P"
>
> From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
> Date: 2002/07/10 Wed AM 09:59:16 EDT
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Head surgery successful!
>
>
> To all you performance addicts.
>
> Thanks to Doug Myers I picked a clean set of used magnum
> heads at the Cecil track in MD last November. During the winter,
> my chief mechanic and bottle-washer (son) put the MP porting
> template kit to work and also did some tweaking on his own
> (gasket matching and tweaks to up the air flow rate a bit more
> and to re-direct the flow a bit better). Care was taken to avoid
> increasing runner volume as he wanted to keep the powerband
> in its current rpm range as much as possible ... read: minimize
> giving up a lot of low end. While he was at it, he put in a set of
> stainless steel intake/exhaust valves.
>
> I finally got on the track for the first time this year last Sunday
> (after the 7/6 carnage :-* ) at a Mopar race event. I got only
> 4 runs in (3 time trials and 1 elimination) but there were enough
> initial indicators to say that hp has increased by at least 20.
>
> I won't be getting a dyno until late fall or early next spring so
> I'm going to have to do a lot of t&t runs to get a handle on how
> the power curves have changed. Our best guess is that,
> beyond increases in torque and hp, they have been broaden
> and flatten out but we have no idea where the peaks are now.
>
> Sun.'s conditions (84F in the shade, est. 90-95F in the sun,
> 38% humidity, light to moderate tail wind, 102.x KPa baro.
> pressure) were almost the same as last year's at the same
> track except last year was cooler by about 10F.
>
> My best run last year at this track was 14.83 @ 90.92.
> This year with the diy ported heads, I lowered the ETs in 3
> out of 4 runs with the best being a 14.57 @ 92.91. On one
> of the runs, I hit the rev limiter when the tranny wouldn't shift
> out of 1st, lifted off the pedal twice to get the shift and did
> manage to salvage a 15.03 @ 91.94 All 4 runs gave me
> faster trap speeds than last year.
>
> It sure feel good to be back on the track !
>
> If there's any interest, I'll give updates on the good, the bad,
> & the ugly. I have a rain date at St. Thomas Mopar race
> on July 27th, the Nats from Aug. 9-11, another Mopar
> race at the new Cayuga track on Sept. 8, and then
> t&ts until season's end.
>
> Bob
>
>
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