i am having forged bottom end, crank, rods, and pistons, 64 cc combustion chamber on the heads, they are dart eagle iron heads for now, almuinum later on, thinkin of runnin a 10.5:1 compression with a 150 shot

 

I chose the flat-tops because what I was being told at the time (around 2001-2002) was that domes created a barrier the combustion flame had to travel around and basically could lead to an un-even burn and cylinder pressures. Plus the edges of the domes could create heat risers that could lead to detonation and broken parts. Plus I was planning on using a considerable amount of nitrous for a relatively small displacement engine and didn't want the cylinder pressures being so high, no amount of octane would slow down the combustion rate. Not to mention I didn't want to run race fuel when off the bottle too.

At 10:5 to one with iron heads, it would be a good idea to look into a timing retard box. I wired mine into the nitrous activation button. Default timing was retained for normal driving but when I hit the fun-juice button, timing was automatically knocked back.

Again, all this was using technology from nearly 10 years ago. Haven't kept up with gasser performance since I sold the Camaro in 2004. Things may have changed by now. All I know is it worked for me .

My old set-up. Enjoy:

ARP main studs.


Assembled bottom end.


Head studs and pistons in place.


Here you can see the the placement of the MSD ignition box (firewall), the retard box (inner fender) and the regulators for both fuel systems.


Trunk was basically usless.


Filters for the dual fuel sysmens.
Can you see the battery cut-off switch? It's the no-longer-used gas cap!


Gone but not forgotten.

 

that is a very nice car, i will look into the retard box and see what i can come up with

 

What it run in the 1/4?

 

I have absolutely no idea! Never made it to the track. It was strictly a weekend street machine and I took it to the local car shows and cruise-ins. I put a whoopin on a couple "low-11/high 10" second cars on the street but you know how that works. No way to confirm their claims. Biggest problem with the Camaro was even with it being back-halved with a full ladder bar / coil-over suspension and 18.5" wide Mickey's, I still had traction issues off the line, even off the bottle. Most of that was due to the loose converter (4000 rpm stall speed) and the fact the Mickey's were still street tires. I'm guessing a set of slicks and a groomed drag strip would have yielded much better results.

 

Yep on slicks and a good track i promise you it would of hooked. My buddys '68 is the same runs low 10s in the 1/4 cant hook worth a **** on the street.

 

Yeah, but it sure looked cool turning those big suckers over like that, and it made damn impressive black marks on the street!


Converter flash OFF the bottle.