Reply to "New Heavy Duty 351C Block, by Tod Buttermore"

George PAdmin.

February 1, 2013

Another update from Tod

quote:

I've had some good news reported back about one of the first aluminum block builds.

I was told:

The motor was built for drag racing and is installed in a 1970 Mustang Sportsroof weighing about 3,260 pounds with driver. The owner made a few quarter mile runs, and the best time was 10.93 seconds at 122 MPH (6.65 @102 in the 1/8 mile). That was slower than expected. The data log from the motor's EFI computer (which looks at AFR, injector duty cycle, MAF values and RPM) says at WOT the engine is consistently producing 650 HP at 7,000 RPM. The owner believes the car is losing a lot of horsepower in the auto tranny; he believes when he reduces the driveline losses the car should run in the low 10s in the quarter.

He also said the block has been totally defect and problem free!!

Meanwhile I've been making chips on some small parts on the new machine just to get used to it and so far the machine is performing fine.

Tod

-G

2/1/135:15 PM

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