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In Reply to: Re: Cars and Hi-Fi posted by Victor Khomenko on June 29, 2000 at 06:05:44:
Actually, I had one of my brothers do it. He put in a truck 318 with heads from a 360. Unfortunately, I had to use a 340's cam. The 360 was too large to work right. The exhaust was from a 400+ engine along with the starter. Plus, I asked for dome pistons for more compression.Then, I asked for a limited slip differential (not the positraction for mileage reasons) with street gears. He said that he knew of a 12-bolt that had my name on it.
Also, I asked him to put in one of those amps for the ignition system with high-performance wiring, but that was out of his league. So, he snagged one of his mechanic friends, who've stayed in the field, for that. Fortunately, he also knew a cheap tweak that fixed the notorious Mopar poor winter starting problem.
After all that, my bro recommended this enormous 2-barrel carb. He indicated that it was exactly what I was looking for with my balance of performance to efficiency ratio.
...you still have not mentioned the tires.Me, I have two cars, one (smaller) with Yoko's (that new super-duper top of the line design, don't recall the model), another with Sumitomos. All Z-rated, of course.
I don't go over 17" for practical reason - too many potholes. I once severely bent both wheels on one side hitting a hole covered with water at about 45mph. The 17" Borbets (the classic A-type) seem to take it well and last. They also allow some hammering to get them straight again - I had to do this several times. They don't crack like some cheap cast alloys.
I always liked the Dunlops D40M2's before, for the reason that they NEVER squeeled. They stick to the road dead when dry, but are bad under rain. This time I decided to try the Sumitomo's - the new model with modern design. I love them even more, they are completely quiet, especially at high speed, comfortable but take tight turns exceptionally well. 235's in front, and I had to go with 245's in the back, they don't have the 255 size. But the slide balance is very good, almost perfect, as close to paralel on dry road as you probaby hope in a "normal" street car.
> They stick to the road dead when dry, but are bad under rainYep, that's a good definition of Dunlops. I tried some years aho on my old Coupe. Truly scary in the wet.
-Joe.
Would you believe the mechanic put 3 of the tires on backwards. I showed him how the unidirectional tires were supposed to work on the properly mounted tire. Then, stopped him before he remounted all 3. He couldn't understand how swapping 2 wrong tires on opposing sides of the car would help until he actually did it.
At the tire place across the street, they put the wide tires on the front of the M3. Nuff said...
I was considering Perreli with those large channels but decided the haringbone design would induce much less vibration (considering a gear analog). This robs power, gas, & consistant pressure needed for solid traction.Did you understand the reworded thread below? I didn't know which terms you didn't understand, but gave it a shot...
> > I always liked the Dunlops D40M2's before, for the reason that they NEVER squeeled. < <That's because you weren't going fast enough.
Best Wishes,
Felix
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