Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! - Page 13

ALMACK · 07-05-2011, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

It's 200 hp.
I think you are succumbing to street or internet forum thrash talk about the 86 motor.
Look at it this way: The later 215 has to carry 240 more pounds in it in P/SA .Do you think the later improvements will carry that much extra weight with same short block, cam and throttle body?
I don't.

My fault. I was looking at an old classification sheet. You are correct, right now it is 200 hp.

goinbroke2 · 07-05-2011, 10:16 PM

74 is the best year Alan? figures, I got a 76 and a 79.
How did you get the BB to fit under the stock hood? Did you shim the k-frame? (another question would be, is that legal even if you didn't do it?)

Hemiparts · 07-05-2011, 10:43 PM

this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!!

Chris

Capri · 07-05-2011, 11:44 PM

Thanks Mark......

Mark Yacavone · 07-05-2011, 11:55 PM

You oughta know... LOL

ALMACK · 07-06-2011, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by goinbroke2

74 is the best year Alan? figures, I got a 76 and a 79.
How did you get the BB to fit under the stock hood? Did you shim the k-frame? (another question would be, is that legal even if you didn't do it?)

74 was the only year where the big Thermoquad was allowed. It had a D4 part number.This is the same year engine that is popular in Super Stock. However, I have yet to hear of anyone running the combo in Stock.

I used 1 1/2 inch k-frame spacers and custom solid mounts to fit the engine under the hood. Perfectly legal.
As long as the the heads you use are the correct D3 castings and you use a D3 or D4 intake, you can use any year 460 block and crank and make it a legal 1974 deal.

Michael Beard · 07-06-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Hemiparts

this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!!

Chris

Amen! If I wasn't already a class racer, this is the thread that would get me into it! 'Course pre-internet, I had the real thing, live and in-person, when Billy showed up at Beaver Springs one weekend... and the rest is history. So yeah, it's Billy's fault!

vic guilmino · 07-06-2011, 12:06 PM

alan
the 74 has the small theroquad

ALMACK · 07-06-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by vic guilmino

alan
the 74 has the small theroquad

Oh....I thought it was the 800 cfm.
My D4 carb looks big.

GTX JOHN · 07-06-2011, 01:42 PM

Really not much difference in performance.... even on big displacement engine
between big and small thermo. More variation between any two given carbs
at random.

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goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 710 Likes: 622 Liked 175 Times in 61 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! 74 is the best year Alan? figures, I got a 76 and a 79. How did you get the BB to fit under the stock hood? Did you shim the k-frame? (another question would be, is that legal even if you didn't do it?)

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Hemiparts Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Raleigh, N.C Posts: 212 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!! Chris

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GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,538 Likes: 2,238 Liked 1,878 Times in 578 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Really not much difference in performance.... even on big displacement engine between big and small thermo. More variation between any two given carbs at random.