No dyno yet for my engine. Someone else on this list did dyno a 260, .030
overbore, street roller cam, Edelbrock F4B manifold and saw 279HP on a dyno.
So I'm hoping for 275HP give or take a few horses.
I also put in screw-in studs and I should be able to rev up to 7,000rpm, or so
I'm told. I think 6500 is my red line.
Jeff
--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Roller 289
To: tigers@autox.team.net, "Jeffrey Nichols" <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 1:34 PM
Jeff- have you dynoed your engine? Just wondering what kind of HP you managed
to massage out of a 260 block.
To others who started this thread, I have a 5 bolt 289 and have had it in
several cars, including 2 Tigers. I would grab another if I ever got the
chance. Knowing how much abuse I put the engine thru, the last time I rebuilt
it, I considered a roller cam and lifters. There is a kit but the necessary
machine work to make the cam work was extremely costly or perhaps only lifters
could be installed (memory problems exist)- no matter I decided to store the
fresh engine and use a 5.0 HO engine when I go to a roller engine. know there
is a hp gain when using the roller lifters but is it worth the machine work
and cost. Also mentioned is the dist. gear requiring change if used with a
roller cam. Is there a problem using roller lifters with a non roller cam
because of the hardness-like w/ the dist. gear.
TtT
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