RE: Engine Help

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 15 1999 - 20:01:02 EST


At 03:16 PM 2/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>thanks for the help....so obviously bolting up a 4 barrel intake, would
>givce way to buying a matching TB??? Can anyone out there rate the

  Yep. Or you can use a 4bbl to 2bbl adapter to use your existing
TB. (The MP MPI intake will come with such an adapter.)

>stock R/T Intake on a scale of good to bad as far as performance on the
>track goes???? After the B&F TB order. I am kinda sittin around
>thinking of what should go on next. I am staying out of the
>supercharger stuff. I want completely Mopar Performance parts to make
>'er run sweet... My first goal is to push the engine to 300 ponies and
>get that low end torque up there to match... It is safe to say i have a
>500 lbs weight disadvantage to those 4Duh LX models at the track....
>Just about every 4Duh in O-Town runs 14.5 or lower.... My next gaol is
>to figure out how to hit that 420 pony mark the SR-71 has. CAn anyone
>rate our rear ends as far as handling the torque???? I think the stock
>is an 8.25 inch rear end???? After last weeks track runs. I have
>become very nervous about busting the rear end or drive shaft...
>Several cars didn't even't make it off the line...

   You should be pretty good. (I wish I had the rearend in your truck!)
There are cars running 10's and 11's with the 8 3/4 rearend; you've got a
9 1/4! I've only got an 8 1/4. (And I've torn it apart at the track
once already.)

                                               -Jon-

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