I'm posting this with Davey's permission.
Last year Davey called and said "I think it is time to freshen her". I said ok what are we looking at for time frame? He said I need it next Spring. I was silent as I knew with the 5 engines we had on the books and new building underway that would include a move of equipment and down time that we could not do it. This sucked for all parties. What the hell to do.
Well Davey said what about Mark Jones. I said well that's an idea. So I called Mark and explained the situation and if he was interested. He said he was but wanted he would prefer Scott to look over the heads. So with Davey's blessing Mark agreed to dyno the engine as it stood, dis-assemble the engine, take care of all machine work to block, assemble the engine complete. We agreed to prep the heads, re cam the engine, and supply the parts. Davey agreed to agree!!!!
Well then after Mark dyno'd the engine and a few conversation with direction we came on the game plan of:
Hyd Roller Std Core Size
Morel .903" lifters
Up the compression to 13+
Bore and hone cylinders to 4.530"
New Foxy Manifold
Tune up Cylinder Heads (First thought)
Replace Pro Systems with AED
Go back to dyno
The heads got here and they were in good shape but after 400 passes I told Davey we just needed all new stuff to be safe. He agreed. We would take a mold and get a custom piston.....Custom Piston stuck in Davey's head.
I get a call from "Crazy" and he said, you know Chris the one thing about this build has always been pretty much shelf stock parts. What if we go with new heads that way we can use a shelf stock piston. I said fine with me and it was fine with Mark and Scott.
So the heads are now a bare set of AFR315's that are getting Foxified. We now are using a shelf stock piston that will net us around 13.7 to 1. We plan on turning up the rpms to make peak power around 7000-7200. The expected HP is 850HP plus.
This is a collective effort and all parties for this project. I feel the combined talent of all should make for one hell of a ride.
I have posted this as I feel it is the best medicine for Davey right now. He is a loved member of this board and he loves this board. I want input and questions on this project as it will keep him focused on what is most important.
Thank you.
Last year Davey called and said "I think it is time to freshen her". I said ok what are we looking at for time frame? He said I need it next Spring. I was silent as I knew with the 5 engines we had on the books and new building underway that would include a move of equipment and down time that we could not do it. This sucked for all parties. What the hell to do.
Well Davey said what about Mark Jones. I said well that's an idea. So I called Mark and explained the situation and if he was interested. He said he was but wanted he would prefer Scott to look over the heads. So with Davey's blessing Mark agreed to dyno the engine as it stood, dis-assemble the engine, take care of all machine work to block, assemble the engine complete. We agreed to prep the heads, re cam the engine, and supply the parts. Davey agreed to agree!!!!
Well then after Mark dyno'd the engine and a few conversation with direction we came on the game plan of:
Hyd Roller Std Core Size
Morel .903" lifters
Up the compression to 13+
Bore and hone cylinders to 4.530"
New Foxy Manifold
Tune up Cylinder Heads (First thought)
Replace Pro Systems with AED
Go back to dyno
The heads got here and they were in good shape but after 400 passes I told Davey we just needed all new stuff to be safe. He agreed. We would take a mold and get a custom piston.....Custom Piston stuck in Davey's head.
I get a call from "Crazy" and he said, you know Chris the one thing about this build has always been pretty much shelf stock parts. What if we go with new heads that way we can use a shelf stock piston. I said fine with me and it was fine with Mark and Scott.
So the heads are now a bare set of AFR315's that are getting Foxified. We now are using a shelf stock piston that will net us around 13.7 to 1. We plan on turning up the rpms to make peak power around 7000-7200. The expected HP is 850HP plus.
This is a collective effort and all parties for this project. I feel the combined talent of all should make for one hell of a ride.
I have posted this as I feel it is the best medicine for Davey right now. He is a loved member of this board and he loves this board. I want input and questions on this project as it will keep him focused on what is most important.
Thank you.
