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RE: 428 dyno results
By Paul Lovett - 03/12/2006 3:00:59 PM; IP 70.246.245.172
Thanks! It is going in a '67 Cougar, all steel, with 3.25 rear gear, C6 with wide ratio gearset, TCI Breakaway convertor (~2800 stall). I actually drove the motor for about 200 miles before the shop offered to dyno my motor for free. How could I refuse? 1st gear was just about useless with the 255 Radial T/A's. It would fry the tires at any speed up to 55 mph so you had to roll into throttle, but then by the time you got to full throttle it was time to shift. Anyway, it's fun. I'm not exactly looking forward to putting the motor back in. I am looking forward to driving it with 30 more hp and 50 lb./ft. more torque.

The dyno was definitely worth the time

The motor has been coming together for a couple of years. It came out of the car once as it was burning lots of oil at the back two cylinders and we couldn't figure it out without disassembly. It ended up being that the machine shop put an intake manifold dowel pin too close to an intake port and it broke through letting oil flow into the ports and out the exhaust.

As for budget I really don't know. More than I'd like to think about.

-bare CJ block needing sleeve $175
-428 crank- $300
-bare Edelbrock heads $950
-Blue Thunder intake $425
-Holley 850 $400
-Headers plus ceramic coating $550
-pistons $640
-CJ rods $0 (I had these)
-machine work, head porting and head hardware maybe $2000
-rocker shafts and rocker arms$350
-pushrods $90
-cam and lifters $400

Ah hell, see what you made me do. I'm up to $6400 and there's still lots of odds and ends to add on. And now I know how much I spent! Dang!. So maybe $7000 when all is said and done. I thought it was going to be more like $5000. Oh well. :)

Paul
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26984&Reply=26984><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26984" onclick="return false;">428 dyno results</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Paul Lovett, <i>03/12/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26984', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26984') }); </script>  428 dyno results -- Paul Lovett, 03/12/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26986&Reply=26984><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26986" onclick="return false;">RE: 428 dyno results</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Big Dave, <i>03/12/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26986', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26986') }); </script>  RE: 428 dyno results -- Big Dave, 03/12/2006
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=26995&Reply=26984><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor26995" onclick="return false;">517 HP... Priceless...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Big Dave, <i>03/13/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=26995', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor26995') }); </script>  517 HP... Priceless... -- Big Dave, 03/13/2006
 RE: 517 HP... Priceless... -- Paul Lovett, 03/13/2006
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=27041&Reply=26984><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor27041" onclick="return false;">RE: 428 dyno results</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Hal, <i>03/24/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=27041', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor27041') }); </script>  RE: 428 dyno results -- Hal, 03/24/2006
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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=27056&Reply=26984><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor27056" onclick="return false;">RE: 428 dyno results</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Hal, <i>03/25/2006</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=27056', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor27056') }); </script>  RE: 428 dyno results -- Hal, 03/25/2006
 RE: 428 dyno results -- Paul Lovett, 03/25/2006
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