Jim's Little 460 AND 2000 RANGER

Nothing worse than a mean drunk.

Well if mother nature sees fit this weekend I will get some runs on the alky.The last few weekend she hasn't seen fit rain every weekend not complaining about the rain we need it , just wish it would rain during the week and not on the weekends.

Well guys finaly going to make to the track today to see what the heRO carb will do for the Ranger on ALKY I will post result tomorrow.


Jon keep your phone on I will be calling later tonight

I hear Jim is wearin' the CaPe tonight......................

I am happy with the alky set up 7.12 the best on 110 gas 6.78 on alky not to bad for a shadetree build or it might have been the cApE on the engine with the hErO tune in it

I will try to put up a couple vids tomorrow maybe

Here the time slips Temp tonight was in the low 70s

1st pass

R/T .499 NOT TO GOOD
60' 1.423
330' 4.333
1/8 6.782
MPH 99.80
1000' 8.933
1/4 10.885 This is letting out just before the 1000'
MPH 109.00

2nd pass
went red no time got a vid of this one on 1st light foot slipped of the brake that another story

3rd pass I had to lift alittle padel traction problem in 2nd
R/T .197
60' 1.478
330' 4.478
1/8 6.988
MPH 98.41
1000' 9.152
1/4 11.094 This is letting out just before the 1000' also
MPH 107.93

Vids


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccFwUmPKEKA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

will be doing a frontend swap here soon and alittle to the engine maybe in a few months it will be back together then we will see if all this pays off

Looks like it may be in the 2800 to 2900# range with me in it after we finish the upgrades so with the wieght loss and a few extra ponies to go with that I might get to see some low 6's in the 1/8 all N/A .

one tenth at a time Jim! post up some pics.............

I will post pics when I get a chance to work on it working 12hrs a day 6 and 7 days a week don't give much time to work on anything here at the house much less the truck .Leave before daylight and get home after dark I know I want get anywork done on it for at least 2 more weeks right now. Now that have parts to start on it I have no time to mess with it I might not even run it this year

i know where your coming from Jim,i've been get'n behind more and more every day. it's nice to have the money but damn! a man needs a day or two off.

cool40 wrote:i know where your coming from Jim,i've been get'n behind more and more every day. it's nice to have the money but damn! a man needs a day or two off.

Yep I have work what hours they want me to with this new job I am on 90 day probation time so can't tell them I don't want to work weekends. I know right now I have to work next weekend to then I will have the weekend off then work two then off one then work 2 then off 1 and so on.

cool40 wrote:one tenth at a time Jim! post up some pics.............

I don't want to stop at 1 tenth at a time I want 5 tenths at the time

69F100 wrote:

cool40 wrote:one tenth at a time Jim! post up some pics.............

I don't want to stop at 1 tenth at a time I want 5 tenths at the time

As Gordon Greeco said " Greed is good "

The truck will be going under the knife in a few weeks got most all the stuff bought for the the frontend going this weekend to pick up so more engine stuff

OK for the ones that are wondering about my new build it will be ported A429 heads with a matching eddy victor intake looking to build a 700hp engine this time thinking about a 532 or 545 leaning to the 532 I beleave it will work better with my head set up I have.but it will be another 2 month on the engine so who knows might change my mind again

bigger the better IMO...........

I am going to put the A429 heads and intake I bought from Mike on the 460 and see just how much I gain over the dove-c heads this will be just the heads and intake change with no other changes.Just bought a set of ARP head studs and a gasket kit so maybe in about 3 weeks I can make it to the track if it don't rain.

that'll be some good testing,sounds like something i'd do.lol

Well the heads are finaly on and truck back together I would have never thought just to swap from the dove-c to the a429 heads would would change the sound of the engine the way it did. So just maybe here in a few weeks I will know what it will do and give some results with just the head swap.

Thats the sound of Power

good luck Jim!

Well no updates on how it runs yet after the head swap but I have picked up some morep go.fast parts bought a set of the old trw dome pistons new never been installed so it looks lile I will build a new 466short block for it in the near future

cool deal.