Blew the HG on my 455

[Ditchrunner]

It can't even pull a wheelie with a floor jack.

Ok that was funny

 

[Ummduh]

Does it hop coke bottles?




Keep the 455, your not gonna get the torque youve got under 3000 with an ls

Careful, someone's gunna come along and try making fun of us old people and all our horsetorqes again

 

[Chevy_man]

Careful, someone's gunna come along and try making fun of us old people and all our horsetorqes again

Torque is useless when it results in shredded tires and zero gain in speed...

Diesel like torque but it comes with diesel like rpm. Will still be slower than an LS with a turbo.

 

[M92PV4U]

Torque is useless when it results in shredded tires and zero gain in speed...

If you are burning tire you need suspension work, if you can't burn tire you need engine work.

 

[fordguy]

Torque is useless when it results in shredded tires and zero gain in speed...

Diesel like torque but it comes with diesel like rpm. Will still be slower than an LS with a turbo.

then theres 1/4 times fast and pass someone on the freeway fast

 

[Levigarrett76]

couple little tiny turbos off an ecobust and he'll have 4x the torque below 2000

by that logic, why not just stud and turbo the 455?

N/A simple and fun

 

[4Eyedturd]

You driving this thing everyday? Rv cam, worked over heads, big radiator

 

[Chevy_man]

You driving this thing everyday? Rv cam, worked over heads, big radiator

Screw that, everyone knows you need the 3/4 race cam!
Would run the full race cam but that requires race gas!

 

[Thumping]

Fuck, just throw new head gaskets on and for more power, flip the top of breather.

 

[Ummduh]

then theres 1/4 times fast and pass someone on the freeway fast

And the around town grunt.

Torque is useless when it results in shredded tires and zero gain in speed...

Diesel like torque but it comes with diesel like rpm. Will still be slower than an LS with a turbo.

Depends on what you want. If you don't actually want it to be fast but want it to feel fast, different ways to go about it. An around town cruiser I'd rather have the cubes.

 

[Levigarrett76]

And the around town grunt.

Depends on what you want. If you don't actually want it to be fast but want it to feel fast, different ways to go about it. An around town cruiser I'd rather have the cubes.

Theres something fun about throwing in 2nd and doing instant burnout off idle..

 

[[486]]

by that logic, why not just stud and turbo the 455?

N/A simple and fun

because flywheel torque is entirely worthless

 

[M92PV4U]

because flywheel torque is entirely worthless

A high strung low cid engine for street is worthless.

 

[Levigarrett76]

because flywheel torque is entirely worthless

everything is worthless

 

[[486]]

A high strung low cid engine for street is worthless.

meh
you can make them live, you just gotta know when you can get power through the components, and acknowledge that chasing low end will get you lots of broken parts while still going slow

 

[[486]]

everything is worthless

 

[Tryloff]

My '70 429 with nothing but a cast edelbrock intake and holley 650 leaves me plenty happy when I floor it.

 

[M92PV4U]

My 75 swb bbc w ¾ ton axles it funner to drive than the 03 swb 2wd 5.3 we have at work. The 75 launches harder and can burn tire longer, the 454 is stock, .030 over quadrajet and manifolds.

 

[fordguy]

My '70 429 with nothing but a cast edelbrock intake and holley 650 leaves me plenty happy when I floor it.

beautiful

 

[Outahand]

When the turbo spools up on this little V6 it pulls harder and longer than the 1994 LT1 I had in it previously.

 

[CarterKraft]

My 75 swb bbc w ¾ ton axles it funner to drive than the 03 swb 2wd 5.3 we have at work. The 75 launches harder and can burn tire longer, the 454 is stock, .030 over quadrajet and manifolds.

Torque management though right?

 

[Tryloff]

beautiful

Thank you. I definitely over paid for it so the compliments help a lot.

 

[M92PV4U]

Torque management though right?

On the 5.3? Probably, it's stock.

 

[Levigarrett76]

My '70 429 with nothing but a cast edelbrock intake and holley 650 leaves me plenty happy when I floor it.

need more pics, i had a stock 70 429 thunderjet in my first dentside

 

[Mikel]

When the turbo spools up on this little V6 it pulls harder and longer than the 1994 LT1 I had in it previously.

Cool! Specs?

 

[Alpine4x4]

Ya'll still arguing over a 12 second car at best

 

[IH-SSII]

Ran many a Pontic engine. Look for Station wagon one pull a 455 out of it. That's how I used to get mine. Get a Better intake. Decent cam and it is a stump puller. Before you get into trouble again, replace the water pump/ timing chain housing new. It also likes timing and quickly. The water pump timeing housing erodes quickly. If you find an original engine, tear it down to to the timing chain. Biggest failure and most common was the nylon cam gear. It would chunk off pieces and clog up the oil pump screen. Since it's summer, make sure to close off the heater core line so it doesn't recirculation the uncooled water.

 

[Ummduh]

Ya'll still arguing over a 12 second car at best

Not all of us live our lives a quarter mile at a time lol

 

[TrailTamer]

There's no replacement for displacement.

That’s what Bugatti said.

8.3L V16 N/A

1,000hp or 1,800hp with e-motors

Think solid fuel engine, make it an actual rocket.

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/car-features/musclecars-you-should-know-ford-galaxie-tobacco-king-rocket-car/

 

[Tryloff]

need more pics, i had a stock 70 429 thunderjet in my first dentside

I'll do a whole thread on it after I wrap up a few open projects. It needs some stuff done to it for sure