What do you think is a good street-strip set up/

I am building a new 302 roller to replace my beat up 289. I'm thinking 11.1compression,a cam in the 290 -300 duration range and 2500-3000 stall converter .I just wander what you guys think,to much or not enough. Thanks for any thoughts you might have on the subject.

 

Might think e85 with that kind of compression. Call a cam company and get their input on setup.

 

Yeah, depending on your altitude where you live, 11 to 1 is really high. Anything over 10.5 to 1 your probably looking at least E85 or blending race fuel and super unleaded.

The cam, you talking advertised or duration @ .050? Makes all the difference in the world. For something you intend on driving at all on the street @ .050 300 would be unbearable with nothing to help you get rolling. You would need a 5500ish stall to get any power off the line and that also would be unbearable for the street.

The converter 3500 isn't bad on the street.

I always build on the high end of power, low end of streetability, but I pay the price, blending race and supreme, terrible street manners, no freeway cruising due to gearing, etc. etc.

You need to decide how much street, and how much strip you are going to be doing. Its expensive and sometimes bothersome driving a racecar on the street.

THe best way to have your cake and eat it too is simply cubic inches. Any chance you would be willing to build a stroker 351 Windsor? You can get just under 400 C.I. in your engine bay with little mods. Just like the old saying, "there is no replacement for displacement". Still stands true. You can go less cam, less compression, less converter, and still go faster than a radical little 302. Look at Chevys 502 crate engines, they run 9 to 1 compression, idle very mild and make over 500 HP.

You would even get better mileage out of a higher cubic inch engine than a fully race built 302. Its all in the efficiency. and alll on 87 octane fuel.
Scot

 

less is better

 

Here you go, find a block out of a 90's pickup add this:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SCA-1-94205/

393 cubic inches in a box


Scot

 

That was advertised 300. I run 202 heads 411 gears and a tunnel ram.

 

There again, it depends on how much street time versus strip time. Are you running aluminum heads. You can get by with the 11.1 compression with aluminum heads and watching your timing.

 

I run aluminum heads with 202 valves. I want to use as much of my current motor as possible to save money .