View Single Post
  #26  
Old 07-03-2010, 11:39 AM
Fullsize455's Avatar
Fullsize455 Fullsize455 is offline
Suspended
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NV
Posts: 91
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ta man View Post
The thirteen inch Continental convertor would be ideal for what you want.Conside raising the compression up a bit.I ran 6X-4's on a 455 for years, which have about a 7 or 8 cc smaller chamber and had zero problems running pump gas.Run 2 1/2 inch exhaust with a good set of mufflers.Find the old Dec 1993 HPP magazine there is an article written by Jim Hand read it,it lays out exactly what you are trying to accomplish.
I don't want to have to run 91 octane fuel. Consider the direction that this world is going in terms of fossil fuels and the availability of good gasoline. Since these cars were new, we've already gone from being able to get 101 leaded at the pump to now getting ethanol-diluted 91. Where are we going to be in 10-15 years? No, I'm not building a motor that requires good fuel for what is going to be primary, every day transportation for me.

As for the exhaust, I don't want my car any louder than it is now, and it's pushing it even as it is, so I'm going to keep my dual 2 1/4".