![]() ![]() It got truly phenomenal gas mileage, and worked exactly the way he wanted it to in the bush, so he was a happy camper (pun intended) but I doubt it made more than around 325hp, and it nosed over hard around 4500 rpm. He also wanted good torque at highway speeds for pulling a small boat trailer, loaded, the whole package was close to 6000lbs with 4.10s a t400 and 33" tires. ![]() When we built it, he wanted a motor that would have really EXCELLENT tip-in pulling power from low rpm at small throttle openings, so it would climb steep inclines in the dirt without too much noise or wheelspin. It was a 5.7 rod motor with flat-tops, 10/1, 180cc Brodix's, a Crane HMV-260-2-NC, and believe it or not, an SP2P with a quadrajet. He put quite a bit of mileage on it, and it suited his needs well, but he was very specific in what he wanted, which makes it much easier to build an engine. Click to expand.I built one for my brothers 4x4 hunting truck, back in the days when you had to turn down a 400 crank (That's about 25 years ago for the young guys) it was pretty decent for its intended purpose, but it never went over about 5k. ![]()
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