NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"!

Tom Moock · 06-11-2012, 06:53 PM

MikeMoller,go to guide for 1986 truck engine blueprints specifications, looks like it was approved on 4-19-11 in yellow 350 165hp. Tom

Frank B. · 06-11-2012, 07:46 PM

The 350 in the guide is a dish piston low compression motor not a flat top motor.

Tom Moock · 06-11-2012, 08:00 PM

FrankB, same piston as my 1978 malibu wagon 287 hp if i raced my wagon with a 350 motor. Tom

Frank B. · 06-12-2012, 01:17 AM

The truck motor is a 8.2 to 1 motor the car motor is 10.3 to 1 . The deck height is different on the 2 motors.

PJ305 · 06-12-2012, 07:46 AM

Frank B. if 2 points of compression is worth 122hp. sign me up lol !!!!

Frank B. · 06-12-2012, 08:46 AM

I hear you compression shouldn't hurt it at all. I was just saying that the 2 engines are just a little different. Wish I had 5 or 6 of the dime rockets hanging around. I don't think I would have trouble selling them

Ed Wright · 06-12-2012, 08:57 AM

Anybody that can't make that one run about a day under needs to find another hobby.

06-11-2012, 06:53 PM	#1
Tom Moock Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 801 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! MikeMoller,go to guide for 1986 truck engine blueprints specifications, looks like it was approved on 4-19-11 in yellow 350 165hp. Tom __________________ Tom Moock 5704 STK

06-11-2012, 07:46 PM	#2
Frank B. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 141 Likes: 0 Liked 51 Times in 25 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! The 350 in the guide is a dish piston low compression motor not a flat top motor.

06-11-2012, 08:00 PM	#3
Tom Moock Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 801 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! FrankB, same piston as my 1978 malibu wagon 287 hp if i raced my wagon with a 350 motor. Tom __________________ Tom Moock 5704 STK

06-12-2012, 01:17 AM	#4
Frank B. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 141 Likes: 0 Liked 51 Times in 25 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! The truck motor is a 8.2 to 1 motor the car motor is 10.3 to 1 . The deck height is different on the 2 motors.

06-12-2012, 07:46 AM	#5
PJ305 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 137 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Frank B. if 2 points of compression is worth 122hp. sign me up lol !!!!

06-12-2012, 08:46 AM	#6
Frank B. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 141 Likes: 0 Liked 51 Times in 25 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! I hear you compression shouldn't hurt it at all. I was just saying that the 2 engines are just a little different. Wish I had 5 or 6 of the dime rockets hanging around. I don't think I would have trouble selling them

06-12-2012, 08:57 AM	#7
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: NHRA approves a new "Dime Rocket"! Anybody that can't make that one run about a day under needs to find another hobby. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA