Oh those guys are a hoot! They wooed her by being flash with their cash appealing to her love of money and now they're surprised she loves spending money!
Took 70+ years but I have learned
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Oh those guys are a hoot! They wooed her by being flash with their cash appealing to her love of money and now they're surprised she loves spending money!
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Nice Clean work, You made the choice and a wise one. Enjoy your work and hard earned money you put into the truck.
When you hit the lottery like i am hoping for also then we will see.
When you hit the lottery like i am hoping for also then we will see.
The 502HO looks like 8.75:1, 118cc iron rect ports, 510/540 lift on 211/230 cam. I'd say more cam. 236+ int at .050 at least since its already a roller cam, if the springs can handle it. Other than that, slap on smaller chamber alum heads. You should be able to get 550-600 HP with more cam and more rpm NA giving up some tq down low under 3000. They put in a lot of lift and duration on a low comp engine, enginemasters did a whole episode on that, adv/retarding the cam on low compression to see if it could make more power, and low compression is low compression, adding a couple hp can't overcome simple physics.
Low compression doesn't mean good for boost either. Sure, it can handle it, just isn't going to be more powerful than a higher comp 10:1 etc. Bump the compression up and add boost = even more power but you'll want serious fuel supply and engine mgmt when going boosted. No one ever said, yup 5psi all I need. No, they go more pulleys/gatesprings until 30psi+
Low compression doesn't mean good for boost either. Sure, it can handle it, just isn't going to be more powerful than a higher comp 10:1 etc. Bump the compression up and add boost = even more power but you'll want serious fuel supply and engine mgmt when going boosted. No one ever said, yup 5psi all I need. No, they go more pulleys/gatesprings until 30psi+
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Very Nice job!
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Thanks for all the advice guys, Iil take it under advisement. The only point was that I guess we always want more than we did huh.
Im pretty happy with the out come and yes it would take further improvements behind it to handle more power, shes a little loose off a dig as it sits.
Like TBI said that rabbit hole is hard to crawl out of, at my age anyhow
Im pretty happy with the out come and yes it would take further improvements behind it to handle more power, shes a little loose off a dig as it sits.
Like TBI said that rabbit hole is hard to crawl out of, at my age anyhow
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You already have more than 90% of people out there. Clean truck. Enjoy it as is and stop worrying about what could of been. 40hp? I doubt it will make any difference in that combo as far as feel/drive
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Like the trophy wife that does little beside spend money.. lol
Mmmmm trophy Wife.... spending money thought that came with any wife deal
Awesome truck Bobby v.
I had a cheap wife once - she wouldn't spend any of her money!
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My wife is as tight as the skin on a grape, with her money.I had a cheap wife once - she wouldn't spend any of her money!
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