Late model, cool. I got my start in racing with a neighbor at age 13. He had what is called today, a outlaw late model. Is that what you have ?
Ah,....a Kirkham, the best on the planet !
What a time that would have been,.....you lucky sh*t. lol.....
They picked the best there is for custom engines.
What it the small or big block ?
Any pics ?
Why do you prefer a solid roller in the 460 ?
For this engine, what specs with the cam, would be the best for the street ?
Which brand of lifters and why ?
600lbs @ 3,000 rpm, is nuts !
Now that equates to.......fun !
That's part, of what makes sprint car racing so fun. 700 to 1,000 HP in such a light weight car.
With no weight on the back of the crank, the engine spools instantly, and you better be ready for it,. lol
How many cars can pull a wheelie from 10 mph to 100 mph !
Talking about knowing throttle control/wheel speed, you better in a sprint car.
Our aluminum 410ci motor put out 840 HP. Our 360ci was 720 HP.
My best friend Chad and I, raced sprint cars and he has a shop with a chassis dyno, and would test and tune our car and other teams on it. The sprint car system that you can add, is thousands of dollars , so it's not worth it.
Check this out. We push the car on the street & fired it up, take it out of gear, set it on the dyno rollers, and strap it down. We use a Honda 125cc bike against the right rear tire to get it spinning. At about,....2,000 rpm, the driver slips it into gear and the motor fires up.
The first time we dynod the sprint, when Chad stabbed the thottle it pulled a big wheeie. Scared the hell out if him. lol
What happened, was the rear shocks squatted down, putting a lot of slack in the two rear tie down straps, so after that we made two aluminum tubes with heim joints that we replace the shocks with, so it won't squat anymore.
Anyway, I need to look at the engine measurment diagram that is posted, but do you know size difference between the FE and the 460 ?
Also, is there a difference in length ?
I'm asking because I need the total length of the engine with the bell housing and tranny attached vs with a FE.
I'm hoping,.....I won't need to make a new hood scoop, meaning body work and repainting !
I painted the white stripes with custom mixed pearl, so I'd need to repaint the hood and the nose stripes. A lot of time and expense.