Have a SPF GT40 on order.
The GT40 is primarily for trackdays will also prob move from track to track on a trailer so I can have good ride height, wheels tires jack brakes etc on hand.
Would love advice on motor choices. I see many if not most have apounched out 351/427 combo. Is this a good motor for the track or is it overkill?
I have looked at 302 based motors. It seems the choices these days are a 331 or 347 with same crank as 331 but bigger bore, or the motor du jour of a 363.
It seems pretty much every hyd lifter mtor is limited to 6500 rpm?, where as a solid lifter can comfortably go to 7500. For the track is 6500 a limitation, is it better to go with a higher redline. Does anyone have experience with a 363, it it a fast spinner or a rough engine. It seems that a good 363 motor even with hydraulic lifters is 520-540 hp and 480 ft lbs on pump gas. A big bore 347 with short 3.25 crank is perhaps 20-40 hp less. Does it really matter in a car so light.
Alternatively is it wortwhile going for a high rev race motor?
Is it even worth going with a 302 based mtor or should one just do the 427W.
Thoughts on carb Vs injection? and suggestions on engine builders.
I have looked atr Keith craft, Gordon levey and Benett racing so far.
Since it takes SPF almost a year these days I still have lots of time to figure it all out, but would greatly appreciate opinions from those experienced.
car will do 80% track and maybe 20% street.
The GT40 is primarily for trackdays will also prob move from track to track on a trailer so I can have good ride height, wheels tires jack brakes etc on hand.
Would love advice on motor choices. I see many if not most have apounched out 351/427 combo. Is this a good motor for the track or is it overkill?
I have looked at 302 based motors. It seems the choices these days are a 331 or 347 with same crank as 331 but bigger bore, or the motor du jour of a 363.
It seems pretty much every hyd lifter mtor is limited to 6500 rpm?, where as a solid lifter can comfortably go to 7500. For the track is 6500 a limitation, is it better to go with a higher redline. Does anyone have experience with a 363, it it a fast spinner or a rough engine. It seems that a good 363 motor even with hydraulic lifters is 520-540 hp and 480 ft lbs on pump gas. A big bore 347 with short 3.25 crank is perhaps 20-40 hp less. Does it really matter in a car so light.
Alternatively is it wortwhile going for a high rev race motor?
Is it even worth going with a 302 based mtor or should one just do the 427W.
Thoughts on carb Vs injection? and suggestions on engine builders.
I have looked atr Keith craft, Gordon levey and Benett racing so far.
Since it takes SPF almost a year these days I still have lots of time to figure it all out, but would greatly appreciate opinions from those experienced.
car will do 80% track and maybe 20% street.