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Re: So explain to me again


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Posted by howdy1960 on September 20, 2014 at 00:21:03 from (216.96.74.194):

In Reply to: So explain to me again posted by John in La on September 19, 2014 at 16:01:45:

I am so confused and not really good at math sometimes.
I once bought a 85 MonteCarlo for $100 that had a fried 4.3 engine and tranny.
Came w/2:21 open diff rear end.
Had a turbo 350 tranny built for $200 and a 79 Malibu wagon.
Assembled a 350 4 bbl 4 bolt block with free forged pistons and a sealed power cam spec'ed for a 327 cid/350hp (most expensive part) for about $300.
I ran the machine shop so little goodies done include decked block; angle cut heads w/2" intake/1.55 exhaust valves (cut down 2.02/1.600), ported, polished and cc'd; polished rods and balanced to pistons. (a mini blueprint)
Invested $300 in a Holley 670cfm carb that REALLY liked fuel (10MPG) so sold and put a 600cfm (free)(15MPG) in place of.
Headers, dual 2 1/2" exhaust, bla, bla, bla.
Total investment about $2000 over 1 1/2 yrs.
Never calibrated rearend to tranny.
Left the 4.3 emblem on rear deck lid ~grins~

First time out I shifted 1st to 2nd when speedo read 75 (learned hard way was slow by 10), tach read 5000RPM. Speedo stopped at 85.

First ? is what speed was I doing doing when shifted 2nd to 3rd;
second ? is how fast would top of 3rd be (guessing around 150MPH cuz don't remember tire roll-out);
and last ? is "why in the heck would I spend ALMOST $53,000 to go a little faster???"


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