new motor = woot!!

[79CamaroDiva]

Sooo.. this weekend we finally got my new motor together after i vented the other block. Its another 440 block, stroked to a 540. Haven't had it on a dyno, but its about 2 tenths quicker than the other engine. Same heads are on it as last time, thats why it hasnt picked up more. Everything else is brand new and "industructible", including a Callies crank :)

Here's my best time from this weekend. We were chasing around what we thought to be a fuel problem all weekend, and it turned out to be a bad high end chip. Once we took it out, problem solved. woot!

r/t Â* Â*.011
60' Â*1.113
330' 3.20
1/8 Â*5.004
MPH 136.84
1000' 6.569
1/4 7.913
MPH 165.09

I finally hit 7s at Island!! :) Should be good for low 7.80s or 7.70s at atco.. wooooo I'm a happy girl :burnout:

[SteveR]

Nice! :D Congrats on the new motor........... when can I go for a ride :D

[bitchincamaro]

haha i wasnt expecting all that, you usually read about some ones new motor being a rebuilt 350 with some boltons, thats really awsome.

[NJSPEEDER]

brand new and "industructible", including a Callies crank :)

she says "industructable" like we don't all know where this motor is headed at some point next season :P

congrats on getting it back together and the times. looking forward to seeing it in person sometime soon.

later
tim

[bad64chevelle]

Congrats on the new motor and the new best!

[BigAls87Z28]

Vented? I belive you did more then just "vent" that block sis.

[j0n]

heh...yea vented...good one

[79CamaroDiva]

Vented? Â*I belive you did more then just "vent" that block sis.

I thought that the crank needed to breathe a little......


bitchincamaro, you missed the first part of this thread. here's chapter 1, with pictures http://www.njfboa.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5580

[79CamaroDiva]

oh, and this is what we did the the chip after fighting it for 3 days..

http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/students/demarckym/chip1.jpg
http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/students/demarckym/chip2.jpg
http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/students/demarckym/chip3.jpg

[bitchincamaro]

wow, thats crazy, so final verdict is the cylinder wall collapsing? and i guess the msd pill failed during the burnout, overreved the motor? good to hear its back in action and pulling its best et's yet though

[12secondv6]

Congrats!

[79CamaroDiva]

wow, thats crazy, so final verdict is the cylinder wall collapsing? and i guess the msd pill failed during the burnout, overreved the motor? good to hear its back in action and pulling its best et's yet though

Yes, the cyl wall collapsed and blew up that engine. We found out afteward that we were approximately 100 hp over the max the engine could handle.

The msd chip was actually having the opposite problem, so it had nothing to do with why the other engine popped, just why we were pulling our hair out this weekend. It was a 7400 chip, and right around 6800 rpm the engine would start popping like it was either too lean or too rich, so we were chasing that all weekend. Finally we thought that maybe the chip went bad, pulled it out, and it ran fine, going thru the traps at 7k.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. I won my class on Saturday, the first time out with the new engine :D Hopefully its a sign of things to come.

[bitchincamaro]

Congrats!
i got the cylinder wall from reading the other post, i cant take credit for that one, but that sucks about the chip never heard of anyone haveing problems with them

[79CamaroDiva]

I've heard of it before, there usually not precisely accurate either. They're just little circuits so there's bound to be trouble eventually. I only use them for limiters in the burnout and top end. All shifting is done by my delay box, its much more accurate

[unstable bob gable]

That's smokin, but I thought joo were going with the Indy Maxx block or something a little mo' sturdy?

[79CamaroDiva]

That's smokin, but I thought joo were going with the Indy Maxx block or something a little mo' sturdy?

Its the mega block. Still Iron, because Aluminum blocks cool off too quickly to be consistant for bracket racing. The mega block is supposed to be hella thick. Hopefully Tim's ability to be like Nostradamus is off.. by a lot. This engine cost almost as much as a full year of school, and student loans wont pay for it :lol:

[unstable bob gable]

That's smokin, but I thought joo were going with the Indy Maxx block or something a little mo' sturdy?

Its the mega block. Still Iron, because Aluminum blocks cool off too quickly to be consistant for bracket racing. The mega block is supposed to be hella thick. Hopefully Tim's ability to be like Nostradamus is off.. by a lot. This engine cost almost as much as a full year of school, and student loans wont pay for it :lol:

Ah-so! When you stated that it was "another 440 block" I azzumed ya went factory block.
Cool beans! 8)

[Koll]

YOU HAVE MAN HANDS!!

[79CamaroDiva]

YOU HAVE MAN HANDS!!

LOL uhh.. no. Those would be my dads hands. He has man hands.

[Tru2Chevy]

Congrats on the pass - and nice to see that you guys went all "Office Space" on the chip :lol:

Can't wait to see you run that thing one of these days....

- Justin

[79CamaroDiva]

Can't wait to see you run that thing one of these days....

- Justin

I just so happen to be going to atco twice in october. Once for the Bill Mitchell race the 14-16 and then for the Franklin Trailers Classic on 29 and 30... I expect to see you there one of those days :P

[Tru2Chevy]

Sounds like a plan :D

- Justin

[SteveR]

Can't wait to see you run that thing one of these days....

- Justin

I just so happen to be going to atco twice in october. Once for the Bill Mitchell race the 14-16 and then for the Franklin Trailers Classic on 29 and 30... I expect to see you there one of those days :P

I'll be there for at least one day of the Mitchell races.