its a manual now, it went 13.4 with the auto and a small stallie (then the auto gave up), im yet to run it with the manual.. i believe in its current form that it should go very low 13's..

the fabrication bit wouldnt be that difficult, i would just buld an airbox over where the air filters are now.. shame to hide it, but you can still see it all from the sides.. i could sell the 8tb setup and get an explorer type setup but id never get anywhere near what it owes me.




if i went the blower route it would still look like something very different i promise
the reason for the anti NOS thing is i dont wanna have to refil the bottles..



i honestly cant remember how much p2v ive got, all i know is it was enough lol..
when my LSD totally gives up ill probably step upto 3.7's but ill wait til i totally kill the 3.45 diff (wont be too long.. its pretty tired)



where was that from? did you have anymore details? thats pretty good buying with the block..



ill investigate that option... i want it all uder the bonnet, but im sure i can make it fit..





cheers
plenty of options to spend some chrissie monies on there


-mitch

That was from High performance World, rang them last week, was a cast crank, custom rods and pistons and a 4.125bore Dart 302. With a stock crank thats 320cubes or with a 347 crank its 363 cubes. He had all the bits in stock and could be available within 24hrs from time of order. Good thing about this set up is that all your bits will fit, and will just need a retune. I am thinking of going this route myself, awaiting on some info re the 427 though
Brett

No way I'd use a cast crank in a DART block!!

Personally to make more on the $3000 budget I'd look at nitrous oxide.

Check out Pavtek's website. They've got the dart blocks at pretty decent prices. $2587 for the 302 sportsman with either 4.000" or 4.125" bore. Stroker kits for just under $2000.

http://www.pavtek.com.au/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=33

If your only interested in going faster I would (if you havent already done so) look at matching your diff ratio to the engine/trans combination, its a much cheaper alternative than taking some of the other next big steps.

Your intake system is good for at least another 150 rwhp because bob romano made around 460 rwhp using 45 mm throttle bodies on his eb.
I would put a bigger cam in and do some more headwork and retune.
That should be possible for 3000

what about shaving the heads for more compression

im assuming that would have been with alot more comp.. due to my stock pistons im stock at around the 9.2, 9.3-1 mark..

i think ill just collect some more funds and build a whole new bottom end...



thanks guys
mitch

It may have even been a 347 but it still had a nearly identical intake to yours-lots of potential there

Whats the go Mitch??? I didnt know you were playing again! Pick the comp up as I said to in the first place, or bring up the dynamic comp with a duration reduction. You have got the flow and we both know that it will rev beyond what you wish to go with it. Did you deck the block, I cant remember? Make the squish band work better with some of the FTI gaskets as Sean said.