Starting a 488ci A headed deal
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Bump for an update.
dfree383- BBF CONTRIBUTOR
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
The update is I got a wild hair last month after missing the May race to cut the floor and firewall out so I can weld in the front bars, rocker bars and seat bars. That's all welded in and I'm finishing the new .040 thick aluminum floor/firewall today. Then it's drop the motor in and finish modifying the headers so I can race next Saturday:) I've got a ton of work left, but I'm pushing to get it ready!
kjett- Posts : 1169
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
You running the A460 motor or the DOVE Back-up?
dfree383- BBF CONTRIBUTOR
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
A head motor. It's all fixed and back together again
kjett- Posts : 1169
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
kjett wrote:A head motor. It's all fixed and back together again
I hope you make it Karl, I'm wanting to see it run with the new engine.
68formalGT- Posts : 864
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
That makes 2 of us! The plan is, if I can get it finished, is to go down and make motor only passes just to see how it handles and runs. It sucks not having time to test it 1st, but it's been a long season of baseball with my son and I wouldn't trade it for the world! Heck, I'm not even going to run the cuts just because I want to see how the suspension and chassis mods work!
kjett- Posts : 1169
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
kjett wrote:That makes 2 of us! The plan is, if I can get it finished, is to go down and make motor only passes just to see how it handles and runs. It sucks not having time to test it 1st, but it's been a long season of baseball with my son and I wouldn't trade it for the world! Heck, I'm not even going to run the cuts just because I want to see how the suspension and chassis mods work!
You made alot of changes hopefully you dont have allot of tuning to do.
68formalGT- Posts : 864
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
I'm expecting to need to do a ton of tuning, but I just want to see how it acts with the new setups
kjett- Posts : 1169
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dfree383 wrote:Most comp cam roller cams for a 460 need to be properly fit for the cam bearings.
I can attest.
maverick- BBF CONTRIBUTOR
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Good luck bud. I didn't have to do any chassis tuning on mine even with all of the changes that I made, maybe you will have the same luck.
schmitty- Posts : 4538
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
any updates
460pulling- Posts : 249
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Bump for updates......
dfree383- BBF CONTRIBUTOR
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Any updates?
68formalGT- Posts : 864
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Only got it out a couple of times this year. Motor is stong and makes more power than my truck can handle. Broke 2 NP205 transfer cases along with a couple drive shafts and yokes. Need to post up my last run and put it here. Still struggling with suspension setup as well, can't get the rear to hook up and give me a good launch.
kjett- Posts : 1169
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
Bump for any race results.
68formalGT- Posts : 864
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
68formalGT wrote:Bump for any race results.
The last bump is I rolled the truck this past November totaling it. Still did a 3.3 second pass on the cut tires and 250 nitrous tune up, coming out the hole sideways barrel rolling it 2 times landing on the wheels. Crushed the S&W 10 point cage because I never added more brace bars like I knew I should have. New truck is already being built with a much bigger motor to propel it, stay tuned for a new build thread....
kjett- Posts : 1169
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68formalGT- Posts : 864
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Re: Starting a 488ci A headed deal
kjett wrote:68formalGT wrote:Bump for any race results.
The last bump is I rolled the truck this past November totaling it. Still did a 3.3 second pass on the cut tires and 250 nitrous tune up, coming out the hole sideways barrel rolling it 2 times landing on the wheels. Crushed the S&W 10 point cage because I never added more brace bars like I knew I should have. New truck is already being built with a much bigger motor to propel it, stay tuned for a new build thread....
First emotion is shock , then continue reading and then it turns to "Sweet"
Glad you're ok, most importantly.
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