New year, New Build

After some waffling and some ridiculous offers on my car I've decided to keep it, make some upgrades, and try to test the 25.5 cert. I'm also posting this because I generally don't post up details of many of my builds, and since I generally don't do much grudge racing anymore I figure what the hell.

A460 block 4.625 bore
Aluminum EX514 heads 2.40in/1.88ex
4.5 stroke
6.700 Crower rods, would like to run BME aluminums, but I have the Crowers
Diamond custom pistons( will end up a tick over 15/1 cr)
Cam will be a custom deal will post up specs after We finish the heads and get flow #s
Trick Flow Single Dominator intake
Pro Systems Dominator
ATI Damper
All the other supporting stuff, vacuum pump, rockers etc, etc.

I'm also switching to a 1.80 aftermarket case glide since I couldnt seem to find a way to make the C4s last more than 20 passes behind the old motor I can't imagine it will like being bolted to this motor.

We're hoping to make 970-1050hp NA with it, it will also have 2 foggers and a plate just in case.


Rich and I are both tied up on a couple projects right now so it will probly be late February before we get hot and heavy into this build. I will post pics, updates and #s as we go.

pic's! the EX heads have a small chamber? i was thinking they do..............

Will post up pics when possible. We haven't Cc'd the heads yet. I will post up flow#s and Cc when we get them.EX514 heads are typically 84cc chambers, but like I said we haven't Cc'd these.

Nice Build, need pictures too.

wow, must be a good place for a powerglide..............

Hmm, could be interesting N/A to N/A not sure if we are putting a fogger on mine yet or not. I am trying to get mine down to 3000 without me in it. Rich is gonna be a busy man in February-March!!!

bigblok2000ranger wrote:Hmm, could be interesting N/A to N/A not sure if we are putting a fogger on mine yet or not. I am trying to get mine down to 3000 without me in it. Rich is gonna be a busy man in February-March!!!

Yep it will be a busy spring(but it seems like they all are anymore). The target weight for my car is going to be 2950 going down the track. It was 3050 with the all iron deal. I'll get pics up as we go. If I was running it NA it would have dual Dominators for sure, but I don't want to put that silly scoop back on my car and weight rules with dual are getting silly nowadays. The glide should help quite a bit also since the C4 was stupid violent leaving, great for pictures, and bird watching, bad for ET. We will probly lose a little NA power with the camshaft we will end up using for spray, but the 3 kits should more than make up for it.

I think we will make enough power to propel mine past the 8.50 cage certification once it is all sorted out so not sure it is worth putting a fogger on or not. I don't think I could get mine that lite though, not without a lot of fiberglass. You know where your gonna race? Rich was telling me about GDRA which looks like I might do that as well.

I'll probly do some GDRA stuff and possibly some outlaw and MOD SS stuff possibly.

All you guys and your fancy shit. I'll keep my junk (for now, hehe). I'll get me some of that Ranger this year and will leave parts all over the track trying to keep up with Barney, lol

Bring it! I am leaning towards that fogger more and more

Fancy, please. My luck the car will slow down.

Sounds like a stout build. Cant wait to see the results Barney.

and will leave parts all over the track trying to keep up





knock it off with the parts all ready, geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hey Nice Valves..... Butt Head !!!

Just gettin the party started. Long story on the name of the project.

Lol that bench looks familiar, I noticed Rich labels everybodies parts so there are no mix ups all my stuff says Ranger on it. Is the project really named Butt Head or is Rich just ribbing you?

Nope that's the name, my last one was Beavis. Kinda like his is Peve, they all have names.

Ah I didn't know that, god can't wait to see mine going together won't be long now though.

Should be fun. My wallet can wait. Slight change. We will probly use an Eliminator block with the price of machining the cam bearings it becomes a wash.

PEVE is the one in the blue car,Beavis was sold ,and went to fla

bigblok2000ranger wrote:Lol that bench looks familiar, I noticed Rich labels everybodies parts so there are no mix ups all my stuff says Ranger on it. Is the project really named Butt Head or is Rich just ribbing you?

Butt head was a plan in the works when we were doing Beavis, In fact Beavis was not going to barny at first.It was done for someone else but sat for 3 years as a short block waiting for the guys car to be done. LONG BEFORE we had met.

cool40 wrote:pic's! the EX heads have a small chamber? i was thinking they do..............

We CCd them they have a 76cc Chamber, and they are Eliminator heads not EX 514 heads. With that CC compression will be a tick over 16/1, not 15/1.

Barney wrote:

cool40 wrote:pic's! the EX heads have a small chamber? i was thinking they do..............

We CCd them they have a 76cc Chamber, and they are Eliminator heads not EX 514 heads. With that CC compression will be a tick over 16/1, not 15/1.

somebody cut the **** outa them or i guess they may have came that small but mine are 95cc with ti valves.i'll probly take .050 off mine anyway,the intake valve pocket sure makes a big hole in the dome.lol.