Fast & Cheap

[vegabond]

I Know Those Two Words Don't Go Together But, Let Me Tell You What I Have To Make The Least Expensive (cheap) Horsepower. I Just Need One Motor. I Have A Couple Of Sets Of Sb2.2 Heads With Intakes, 1-sb2 Block .875 Lifters 283 Mains 4.180 Bore 9.00 Deck, Couple Sets 363 18 Degree Heads (1 With Hogans Intake) 2- Bowtie Blocks Appox 4.155 Bore ( 1 Is Still Running, Old 358 Winston Cup (busch Series)motor 9 To 1, Dry Sump, Not Much Cam .620 Lift) What Size Cid 421,406??? Going In A S/g Vega(2400#). Best Crank For The Money? Titanium Or S/s Valves? I Like Twisting Them A Little 8000-8200. Best Rod For The Money? Thanks In Advance Guys. Steve

[vegabond]

I Am Still Learning At 51 But,i Have Noticed The Rod Length Varies Greatly From Cup To Comp. Winston Cup Engine Builders Use Long Rods(6.300) & Pretty Standard Deck Height. But Some Of Comp Motor Specs I Have Seen Here Use Short Decks And Pretty Short Rods Or Is That Just A Cubic Inch Thing?

[Patrick Hale]

Steve - don't tell anybody where you heard this , but . . . a lot of drag race engines use a rod length-to-stroke ratio of about 1.7 to one. So if you have a 3-1/2 inch stroke, the rod length would be just about 6 inches. Hope this helps.

Patrick Hale
www.DragRacingPro.com