Author: JVMopar

I’ve been watching a lot of engine dyno stuff on Youtube lately. While not everything you see is true, but seems like this guy went through the effort to reproduce as close to factory as he could.

It was interesting, I would like to see more of the “real” horsepower dyno pulls of different…

Putting together a 318 for my mud truck. I’m going to use a forged piston, but my options are KB Icon or Wiseco. What are your opinions

So the local track went to Wissota pure stock rules. Which sucks, but now I have to change things around if I want to be legal. I was running ‘302 heads, but now am limited to 2658234, 2843675, 3769973, 4027163, or 4027593. So which one of these is the better head?

The other rule change that is…

Anyone have experience with SCAT or Eagle connecting rods?

I’m looking to build a project in the 4-500 hp range running to the 7,000-7,500 rpm range.

I have a set of stock 645 rods, but by the time I bush them, replace the bolts, and resize them. It maybe more cost effective to just go with…

Well I finally managed to break one of my stock stamped rockers. I have a set of iron ones but want to put adjusters with lock nuts on instead of the interference fit adjusters. Anyone know the thread 3/8-24? Haven’t went digging to find them just yet.

Also does anyone have a measurement for…

Last week a few guys said I was lifting the LF tire off the ground. I figured they were teasing me. Well the track tonight was wet and very fast. I was flat footing it around the track during the heat race. I was maybe on it a bit too hard. During the feature race the track was smooth as glass,…

Well had a relatively good weekend racing. The track was wet and very fast. I finally got the car set up figured out (and how to drive it) on a wet track. I went from last 10th to 4th in the heat race. The car was working really good, but when I got back I was leaking oil again. So for the feature…