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I did not measure them, Im enlarging them to hopefully 75-78cc to work with a 455 on pump gas

@@dakotastimeout2827 Piston selection matters a lot due to the number and location of the valve reliefs. A set of single valve relief CP pistons, a 76cc chamber, with a .030 head gasket will give you great results on pump gas Pontiac at 463 inches. -using a 041 style camshaft.

@@RealDougFields ya I’ve thought about ram air IV cam with the IVC a about 48 degrees and I have even thought about one of Butler performances roller cams on a 114lsa

@@dakotastimeout2827 I had a 463 with #96 D-port 87cc heads and a 041 bullet blueprint cam running 1.65 rockers for .516 lift. It was 10-1 with a 780 vac sec Holley and factory intake. It made 560 ish on 93 octane in 1987. With the parts available today- everyone should make 750+.

@@RealDougFields wow that’s good! For the square bore on the iron intake did you just drill and tap new holes?

That’s a performer rpm, I think the torker and torker ii you can get by with the factory air cleaners.

It is not, that kit includes headers for a Chevrolet and is 2.25” diameter pipes. The one I used is SUM-680101. The one I bought does not include headers I got those separately.

I agree! Thanks for watching

Lol, it all peels offs anyhow if you drive your car any

You’re a little ahead of me lol

Jim was a legend! He would of ported iron heads and used a ram air iv cam. I’m doing it different. KRE D port heads and lunati bracket master 230/230 292 110lsa .490lift.

I think Jim Hand did eventually go with aluminum heads in his station wagon

@@dakotastimeout2827 he did a bunch of different stuff, I eventually need to get into my 455 lol hopefully it'll run afterward

@@Hossbossusa heck yeah man! We’re there’s a will there’s a way

Yes sir! We’re talking aluminum heads and bigger camshaft! Should almost double the power.

@@dakotastimeout2827 I hope you'll be at NNN.

Do you have it adjusted right, they say you should be able to put a 10 thousandths feeler gauge in there. Sounds like it might be tightened too much.

@@dakotastimeout2827 yes sir..cars runs and idles fine..take a minute to start it but when it starts it runs smoothly...but if I press the pedal to hard to fast it will go dead...and like i said noticed no fuel coming out the squirter

China has been stealing Hot Rod technology for a while, even HOT ROD magazine mensioned this to make money from us.

Better check what country made whatever device you typed this from 😂

Ya I saw that! At the time it wasn’t available separate like that.

@@dakotastimeout2827 do you have good performance with the drop base kit? I’m thinking about getting one but I’ve heard a drop base isn’t great for horsepower. What I have now is kinda janky though so I don’t think it would be worse lol

@@kenstirling5348 I ran that car open carb and with the drop base and I felt no difference. That engine is no longer in the car but it was a 400+ horsepower 455. I wish I would of took it off when I went to the track but I was so inconsistent it wouldn’t of told me much anyway.

@@kenstirling5348 but if your about to get in a drag race I would just take the shaker off and take the lid and filter out and put the shaker back on the base and you should be in good shape.

@@dakotastimeout2827 what times were you running at the track? I have a 77 with a 461 stroked and super T10. Only an 1/8 mile track near me and I seem to be in the 8.7@86mph range. I have 3.23 rear gear and I was having a lot of trouble getting good launches and good shifts

Wow!

@@dakotastimeout2827 guess I wasn’t clear because everyone is racing 1/8th mile. That is 1/8th mile time

@@doomman700 it don’t hurt to be specific, there is one in every crowd lol!

Still, 5.7s in the 1/8th is pretty impressive!

Yes I fount the problem, the carburetor was running very rich at idle. I put a good Holley on it and it got right 15-16” of vaccum and a lot slower moving needle. Something is wrong with that edelbrock carb that was on there.

@@dakotastimeout2827 Great news, glad it was pretty painless, easy swap. You had a big leak in that thing. One of the things I'm doing with mine is getting another Holley for it just like the one I have. I like to have one good carb on the car and another I can rebuild while I don't need yo do it! With luck maybe it will solve my problem too.

I probably won’t be going but you never can tell

No sir

@@dakotastimeout2827 That "T" measuring tool was rattling around an intake port but a very good review of the quality, or lack of quality of these heads. Once cleaned up, they are probably good?

@@deannoun I might of misspoke but I shows the difference of the throats of the intake ports. I think they will be good. I’ll let everyone know once I get them on a running engine.

Nice! Absolutely NOTHING wrong with a formula or regular firebird.

I didn’t know there was a difference

This is a different carburetor than the one I had on there in the last video, this one opens up better. The other one got the were it wasn’t wanting to idle. It’s always been a finicky but this one has been been sitting probably 10 years and i just threw it on there and it works pretty dang good. Got it at a swap meet probably 5 years ago and it had dust and spider webs on it then.

@@dakotastimeout2827 Too bad you don't live in NC, I'm really good with Qjets. I can make em run pretty good. I have one that came stock on my 84 Trans Am with a 1 inch 4 hole phenolic spacer and I've had it apart a few times and its tuned pretty good now. I have one on my 71 Cadillac too and it is set up really nice. I spent a lot of time tuning the secondaries to come in as soon as possible and moved the accelerator pump shot arm to the hole that squirts more. I also set the kickdown switch to come on a bit earlier than WOT and the heavy old car feels very responsive.

@@Impactjunky wow man that sounds awesome!!!

I have not, but I’m sure I run into a good engine to use it for.

@@dakotastimeout2827 cool, I have a 82 Z28 with a crossfire on it thinking of doing the same thing . Just not sure if it will fit under the hood. Keep us posted .

Convert it to a truck tbi. All the wiring and connectors are the same. The stock crossfire computer will run it just fine. Use an 87-89 350 tbi unit from a truck.

@@mcqueenfanman I'm going to look into this, thanks for the idea

@@williamforbes6919 I ended up using Holley's tbi intake, it barely fits under the hood of my 84 vette. #300-49. You can run any intake you want as you can get a tbi to carb adapter plate.

Absolutely 0 concern this is a solid USA engineered car built by real American Patriots!!!

@dakotastimeout2827 Not the same road engineers that neglect those ruts and pot holes, I bet.😆

@@MrJohnnyDistortion most of that noise was tools in my car hiring each other

@dakotastimeout2827 Dang! Sounded like broken sway bar links and blown out control arm bushing about to hatch like an egg.

Ya I agree, I like those 71-73 mustangs! But this engine has to make more than 200hp, thanks for watching.

@@dakotastimeout2827 Do you know what RPM you are running it to? That would help you get a rough ballpark idea. Especially with the help of the Bowling rough horsepower calculator.

@@Impactjunky i think it quits pulling at about 4500 rpms

Plus which, this later 400 was probably net-horsepower-rated with a monolith catalytic converter and single exhaust, so the straight duals in the TA probably add 25 horses or possibly even more. I'm guessing that the Super Duty 455 was rated at, or closer to, its actual output.

@@DanEBoyd ya that’s with the power steering pulley and AC and all that we don’t commonly dyno engine with today becuase we want to brag about the big peak numbers lol! This engine might make 250-270hp it honestly runs a lot harder than I thought it would. Like you said de-smogging it probably helped a lot.

Thanks so much man! I’m having a hard time keeping one going so I’d just be tickled right now to have a reliable vehicle lol. I love Jim Hands Book.

That’s a killer TA MAN! You should think about doing videos.

@@dakotastimeout2827 I am thinking about it, stay tuned 🤷‍♂️

@@dakotastimeout2827 I heard in one of your videos you went to Pontiacs in Pigeon Forge, maybe I'll see you up there this year.

@@Hossbossusa yes I’ve went a couple of times but never brung any cars with me, I think they’d laugh at my car lol!

Thanks for watching Dan! I already changed the water pump... I’d love more performance from the cam but I’m afraid to mess with a good running engine. I’ve got just a touch hotter camshaft and lifters and even a double roller timing chain, I’m kinda afraid I’ll screw it up.

@@dakotastimeout2827 If it does have a cam, then it probably does have a straight-up timing set.

@@DanEBoyd oh no I think it’s stock timing chain and cam, but I’ve got a 204/214 cam and a double roller timing chain that I might upgrade too.

Ohio? Sheeet! Take a trip to Michigan, son! I moved out of Michigan 20 years ago, because the goddamned roads were so bad, went back for some visiting about 3 years ago, holy Christ, they are 5 x worse now than they were 20 years ago!! I live in Ohio, these roads are a dream compared to Michigan roads!!

66 or 67 we got a lot going on lol

Nice!

Well that’s not bad at 80mph and my huge lack of traction. You must not have ever down this yourself or experienced real world variables. But thanks for watching I hope you’ll learn some.

Dude this was like a whole year ago