« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2014, 06:59:58 PM »
.... I don't doubt you can turn your engine 7000rpm but it ain't making any power up there...
... Class champ last two years... And the only FE in the class
Anyway good luck hope you can get your FE to the front somehow...
Thanks for the vote of confidence, I am getting there. What is your class weight? Looks like we are geared the same only smaller tires. I still have my 35's that I took off when I was working on the drive train to up the power before I started working on the engine side of it, so I will probably try those after a few pulls with some slight tuning mods.
I have one 390 that pulls in my class and a 428 something in a Super Stock truck that are regulars, then probably one once in a while that will show up. Most of the Fords that compete in the top 10 are 460 based or 454 Chevy's and one v10 Dodge that does ok. The one that always gets first is running a 557 and the second place guy is running a 478 so the top two are nasty.
I am running the stock push rods and non-adjustable rockers. I figure my power peaks around 5800 because with a heavy sled that's about where it wants to run. However with a small sled the r's are scary, even with the old D2 heads I took off. The cam I was running before this one was a 280H Comp with comps matching springs, I did not like that one. It pulled ok but at the sand drags valve float occurred at 6200 like clock work.
Nick
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