quote:Originally posted by SICK CAT:
... what are your plans for a engine to go with those ...
The foundation of the motor shall be one of Tod Buttermore's alloy blocks, with 4.125" bores. It'll have an aftermarket crank with a 3.75" stroke, therefor the displacement shall be 402 cubic inches. CHI 4V heads are selected because they are the only alloy heads with 4V sized ports needed to mate with the 4V sized runners of the tunnel ram. Compression ratio will be set at 10.0:1. I'll have a hydraulic roller cam ground to my specs, which will seek to mimic the powerband of a Boss motor, i.e. a mildly burbling idle, lots of vacuum, wide flat torque curve, peak torque at 4000 rpm, peak bhp at 6000 rpm, over rev to 7000 rpm. I don't have a horsepower goal, but I suspect it will fall in the 450 BHP range.
The motor is conservative, with reliability and drivability my two major concerns. After I retire from my weekday job I'll be taking my act on the road, putting a lot of miles on the Pantera traveling around the US and Canada. The wild looking induction system is there strictly for curb appeal.