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Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans
charlie66 do you have another 195 build in the works?
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No. Im building a 406 slowly as I get the funds for the parts.
The 4 cylinder is at a point where I need to spend a lot of money on a Billet crank or just leave it as it is. I started building this manifold because I felt it needed more plenum and thought I could manage the tune better for more power. But now im not sure if its worth all of the work im going through when I can make the same power out of a 8 cylinder with a whole lot less effort and that would live for a long time.. I have found that if I keep the 4 cylinder set at around 550 - 625 hp It will stay together reliably. If i turn it up to where I like it, 750 - 800 hp its short lived because the crank starts to fail and the bearing will soon turn to copper. The thing that really gets me is if I did have a good crank I know I could make over 1000 hp but the next weak link will be the block . I wish when I had the chance that I bought that super duty block that I passed up and basically gave to Nunzi. That block had more nickel content and would of been good for what I was trying to do. I wanted to build the first 194.5 that could of broke into the 8's in a 64 Lemans at Norwalk.. That was my dream to do that. But the money and resources as well as the recourses involved to do it is just too much for me. I tried calling Bob and Frank at all Pontiac but they couldn't help me to make a 4 cylinder block. Im really the only one around here doing this , so it wouldn't pay for them to make one I guess.. So ill probably build this manifold just to finish it and give it a try . But in the end ill probably just end up with a 8 cylinder making 1000 hp. What I will miss though is the look on a guys face after beating his low 10 second car as he finds out he was beat by just a old school 4 banger... That's the stuff that keeps me at this thing trying to make it faster and more reliable... .....
12-28-2017, 03:22 AM
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