A 354ci Cleveland on the dyno....listen to 8000 rpm.

[blykins]

I know some of you guys are Cleveland fans too. 

This engine is a 354 cubic inch piece, using factory 4V cylinder heads, a Strip Dominator intake, and a Dominator carburetor.  Compression was 12:1.   



Turn up the volume!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIpAUnqZmKw

This one made 615 hp @ 8000, with 468 lb-ft of torque.

[Heo]

Like it a lot. Im a big Cleveland fan

[Drew Pojedinec]

Like it a lot. Im a big Cleveland fan

I been there.....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

[garyv]

That thing rocks !
Hard to beat a Cleveland.
Great job Brent.
garyv

[cattleFEeder]

That's kicking mass with iron heads.

[Heo]

Like it a lot. Im a big Cleveland fan

I been there.....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

Yes i remember you recomended a visit two years ago when i was
to USA

[My427stang]

Well done!

[gt350hr]

   So much for the myth about poor flowing exhaust ports!   Nice work Brent.

[machoneman]

Very cool Brent! I do know it would do about 20 hp more with the exhaust port plates.

Had the pleasure of running a injected gas Boss 302 in a dragster long ago and yes, they do wind! Sold it before a 351C swap. Also, saw and pitted near some real 351C Pro Stock stars then (Nicholson, Glidden, Schartmann and more) when they ran at our local tracks like US 30 (IN), the Grove (WI) and less occasionally Rockford Dragway (IL). Would have loved to have had one of their engines (often 340 CID through 366 CID due to NHRA's crazy weight breaks in Pro) in our ride.

Say, what the heck cam did you have in to hit 8K and still make top end power? 

[blykins]

One of my custom grind solid rollers. 

[machoneman]

Ah, I figured! No cam specs needed here but what is the O/C spring pressure for those rpm's if I may ask. Gotta be pretty stiff for 8K! 

[blykins]

270 seat, 660 lbs open pressure, with a 1.300" PAC dual valve spring and titanium retainer. 

Cam was .700/.715 net lift, but I ended up having to use a 1.6 rocker on the exhaust.  At .715" lift, a 1.710" exhaust valve will hit the cylinder on a 4.015" bore.

The cam was milder than you would think.  The .050" duration was 259/267.

[machoneman]

Thanks! Would have thought open would have been more....like way more!

[gt350hr]

   Bob,
      I ran a Boss 302 in a FED in '77. Single 850DP. Ran 8.90's like a C/ED but the canted valves put me in A/ED ( no chance there) so I bracket raced it until I bought the all aluminum 351 (429ci) from Dyno Don's Mustang II ( match race motor) in '78. That in the same car went 7.65@173. Still have the motor , the FED is in the NHRA museum ( restored to it's original T/F configuration.) I ran a local circuit called Top Gas West. Switched to a "modern" rear engine dragster chassis and went 7.33@ 182 best.
   Randy

[machoneman]

Yes, mine was an FED too. Not nearly as quick as yours but tons of fun to drive. Learned after we bought it (for a song btw with 2 spare engines) from Chicagoan Bob Rose, Rose Transmissions, that after he tacked the tubes, he took it to a fellow from SE Wisconsin to jig it straight and mig it. Turns out it was famed F/C, dragster builder Lil' John Butera of R&B fame! And both the chassis and tin showed the work of a true master. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=john+butera,+dragster&rlz=1C1SAVS_enUS541US568&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwgdakqYnXAhWp6IMKHb6uCgwQ_AUICigB&biw=877&bih=434