OK guys how much can you bore a 305 block before you get into trouble? I was
under the impression with thin wall castings .030" was the limit.
As for RPM, seems like the more we turned ours the faster it would go. And
you were running big RPM on the "D" at Maxton, without problems.
John Beckett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>; "John Beckett"
<landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: E Motors
> Okay here was the reason I asked.... I have the old 2.8 stroke Crank and
was
> playing over at the engine shop... Seems a 305 has a bore of 3.73-9 and
> that might make a fun E motor... okay it's a chevrolet... which means it's
> cheap and the Altered Record for Fuel is 202.... which for me is around
375
> to 400 rear wheel Hp...
>
> If the motor made say 300 hp or even 250 I think we have the Nitrous
> technology to set that record as well... if the block was laying in the
> corner of the trailer and All Else fails.... Keep in mind to even try this
> we would have gone through Two D Motors and I am not sure there would be
> time enough for a 3rd motor swap.... it was just a fun thought.... I can
see
> the Plug and Play engine being replaced as quickly as the Plug and Play
> Driver....
>
> the crank still needs to be turned to be usable and once that is
> accomplished I am not wild about the idea of spinning it to 9000+ Rpm....
> but in an E Motor with a limit of say 84-8500 rpm... it might be
fine...and
> Those Blocks are DIRT cheap.... What would we be out here if the crank
> failed...
>
> Keith ( Hey it's the Off Season.... What else do I have to do while I wait
> for the New Crank?) Okay I could go to WORK and pay for some of this
> stuff... Geez that would take all the fun out of it...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
> To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "Keith Turk"
> <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: E Motors
>
>
> > Keith; In '75 there was a 262 Chevy with 2.100 rod bearings which could
be
> > offset ground to 2.00 and get you to 260 inches. How about an Olds
Aroura?
> > Not a chevy (good thing) and 4 valve twin cams. Works more or less at
> Indy.
> > Rich
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 06:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: E Motors
> >
> >
> > >Don't know what Bob Ragsdale did to make his "E", but I don't see any
way
> > to
> > >do it without an odd stroke (read: high $) crank. The other option is
> > >building a V-6 based motor.
> > >
> > >John Beckett
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> > >To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > >Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 12:16 AM
> > >Subject: E Motors
> > >
> > >
> > >> Brad and I were playing with some E Motor options today.... just
> curious
> > >> what you folks would build an E motor out of in the world of a Small
> > Block
> > >> Chevrolet?
> > >>
> > >> Keith ( can't believe I go away for the Day and didn't get beat up
> > once...
> > >> that has to be a record )
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