460 Four Cylinder Build

jmayabb wrote:Last night was the first race for the car and for me the driver. The rotary button went out during hot laps so I had to come home and get a spare. I qualified 5th out of 12 cars and started on the inside of row 2 for the first heat race. After about 4 laps the car died again with distributor problems. We took the cap off and all of the screws had come loose and had destroyed the distributor. A friend of mine has a boat with the Mercruiser motor so he rushed home and got the distributor and came back for a quick fix again. I started in the rear of the feature race and came from the back to finish 2nd. With a few more laps I think I would have won the race. That little motor is a beast and a torque monster. It is weird to hear it run. The 2.3 or 2.5 Ford motors are cranking 8000-9000 rpm while the old boat motor is cranking about 6500. I just love the big block torque this thing has. If I can come out of the turns with another car it has no chance down the straightaway.

jmayabb wrote:I have to say that I had a ball driving that car. Having the power to come from the rear to the front was awesome. I know it probably won't be like that at every race though. Everyone at the track is totally confused about the motor in this car. The first thing they say is "That damn thing don't even have a water pump" and "Good Lord, what kind of head is that on a 4 cylinder".

IDT-572 wrote:

jmayabb wrote:I have to say that I had a ball driving that car. Having the power to come from the rear to the front was awesome. I know it probably won't be like that at every race though. Everyone at the track is totally confused about the motor in this car. The first thing they say is "That damn thing don't even have a water pump" and "Good Lord, what kind of head is that on a 4 cylinder".

I bet it does blow their minds.............. I would love to see the look on their faces when they see it.

Wait till you put the A head on it and see what they do......................