I got the idea today of....what if I could build a big block to have so much torque that when coupled with either a TH350 or TH400 and with a 2.73-3.08 rear gear be able to push a Chevelle into the 11's?

What parts would I need? I'm thinking maybe a 4X4 or an RV cam and a nice 454 or bigger?

I seem to recall one member here with a similar combo that's in the high 12's (if I can remember)

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i think...

I thought about using a very high torque engine with tall gears. But then I figured, it this combo worked, there would be a lot more like it at the strip. I'm not talking a BSE type torque engine but a real stump puller. Something that tops out at 3000 rpm and has a torque peak around 2200 rpm.

Not related but about a year or so ago someone posted a link to a marine engine that was under construction. That sucker was the ultimate stump puller. It made over 1 million lb/ft of torque (could have been 5 million but that seems excessive) at 100 rpm (that's one hundred rpm). IIRC, the pistons were over 10 feet across and the stroke was even longer. Kind'a tuff to stuff in a daily driver or a locomotive, for that matter.

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Funny you should mention that.

I saw it this morning in a pic/blurb about it in a 4wheeler magazine at the alignment shop. It powers big container ships. Pretty cool.

a nice 454 and supercharge it.my very modest 467 with blower ran 9.6 in 3300 lbs chevelle and cruised 55 mph at 1700 rpm.tall tires and low gears.

Build one like Jim Hand did - pushed his 4000# wagon to 11.32 @ 117 with 3.55 gears. You certainly won't lose 6 tenths swapping from 3.55's to 3.08's

http://www.pontiacstreetperformance.com/psp/rebuild455jh00.html

I guess anything is possible. I would think something like a 496 would do it.

Here's the hard numbers:

11.90 @ 116 mph

3800# race wt. needs 500 HP
4000# race wt. " 525 HP

Mind you these are real installed HP numbers not Dyno corrected numbers. Only problem is the gear ratio.
Assume 116 mph with a 28" tall tire and no converter slippage.
3.08 gear = 4300 RPM
3.45 gear = 4800 RPM
3.73 gear = 5200 RPM