Jetsurgeon
Active Member
Hi all, looking for any tips you may have as I begin my engine rebuild. 72 Challenger Top Banana Rallye 4 speed. California car, factory ordered without the vinyl top
The block was replaced at some point with a 77 vintage 360. The block tested good and has standard bores. Ted at Opel Engineering is prepping the block for me to put a 408 stroker kit into it with the help of the team at Hughes Engines. Since I'm restoring the car I figure I may as well go with fuel injection (Holley Sniper?). With Dave Hughes' help I decided on his high compression stroker kit. He says that with his "Super Prep" CNC porting and combustion chamber work he is going to do to the Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads I just sent him we should be at about 11:1 for compression ratio, and with a mild cam will probably be in the 525 HP range, which is just about where I want to be I think for a "Hot" street car (was wanting it to be close in feel to my 2016 Plum Crazy Scat Pack Shaker car). As mentioned previously I plan on putting the Holley Sniper EFI (or similar) on this car, and I actually have a Holley Strip Dominator manifold laying around and wondering if that will do, or should I get the Super Victor?? They "look" very similar?...Any thoughts on that or anything else would be appreciated!
The block was replaced at some point with a 77 vintage 360. The block tested good and has standard bores. Ted at Opel Engineering is prepping the block for me to put a 408 stroker kit into it with the help of the team at Hughes Engines. Since I'm restoring the car I figure I may as well go with fuel injection (Holley Sniper?). With Dave Hughes' help I decided on his high compression stroker kit. He says that with his "Super Prep" CNC porting and combustion chamber work he is going to do to the Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads I just sent him we should be at about 11:1 for compression ratio, and with a mild cam will probably be in the 525 HP range, which is just about where I want to be I think for a "Hot" street car (was wanting it to be close in feel to my 2016 Plum Crazy Scat Pack Shaker car). As mentioned previously I plan on putting the Holley Sniper EFI (or similar) on this car, and I actually have a Holley Strip Dominator manifold laying around and wondering if that will do, or should I get the Super Victor?? They "look" very similar?...Any thoughts on that or anything else would be appreciated!