Mr Maine

Yes, I have considered it. I haven't pulled the trigger on anything, as I am trying to pull together what I want to do as a full combination.

I know the 311 is never going to be a fast hull compared to the hulls with the newer technology out there, so I am not going to go too wild with horsepower and the money associated with it.
There aren’t a lot of options for iron heads, but the 308 eagles have a smaller intake volume than the 088/188s and are very similar to the Dart Pro 1 310 aluminums. I think those, a little more compression, victor jr intake, and more cam to suit would be a nice horsepower increase.

Things can blow out of proportion easily on the site (especially this time of year) but I appreciate everyone’s advice and take it into consideration. I’m not trying to set a world record on the most hp/ci of a BBC, but my initial thought was 550hp @56-5700rpm. If it doesn’t make it, ok, but either way it will make more power.

So regarding the quench & compression, based feedback here, I am thinking of using the .027 cometic gaskets and am shooting for 9.0-9.2:1 compression. I plan to have the heads milled to meet the compression number, and everything will be measured.

Mr Maine

Totally agree. A smaller oval would be better. After all this head talk, it seems like the only application for an intake over 300cc would be some sort of 800+ ci mountain motor at 10krpm..(I'm kidding!! )

SB

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Ok Mr Maine. You know and knew where you had to go, many very good responses in this thread...so, is it done yet ? LOL.

Mr Maine

SB, yup, she's all done and back together. I ended up spraying a 400hp shot of nitrous to meet my hp goals!!!!

In all seriousness, I am on track and am that much closer putting my final plan together and ordering parts.