Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

Hemiparts · 07-05-2011, 10:43 PM

this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!!

Chris

Capri · 07-05-2011, 11:44 PM

Thanks Mark......

Mark Yacavone · 07-05-2011, 11:55 PM

You oughta know... LOL

Michael Beard · 07-06-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Hemiparts

this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!!

Chris

Amen! If I wasn't already a class racer, this is the thread that would get me into it! 'Course pre-internet, I had the real thing, live and in-person, when Billy showed up at Beaver Springs one weekend... and the rest is history. So yeah, it's Billy's fault!

vic guilmino · 07-06-2011, 12:06 PM

alan
the 74 has the small theroquad

ALMACK · 07-06-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by vic guilmino

alan
the 74 has the small theroquad

Oh....I thought it was the 800 cfm.
My D4 carb looks big.

GTX JOHN · 07-06-2011, 01:42 PM

Really not much difference in performance.... even on big displacement engine
between big and small thermo. More variation between any two given carbs
at random.

goinbroke2 · 07-06-2011, 07:14 PM

Carb Sizes;
Ford/Motorcraft TB 1.563x1.960 Ven 1.250xAV,
Holley TB 1.563x1.563 Ven 1.250x1.
Carter ThermoQuad TB 1.375x2.250 Ven 1.063xAV

To me, the motorcraft looks the best with 1.563x1.96 plates and the biggest air valve. Now obviously the secondaries on the thermo bog are bigger but the air valve is smaller.
Is there really that much difference?

Anybody know what the carter flows compared to the holley or ford? And yes I realise quality is better than quantity, just curious.

Daran Summerton · 07-06-2011, 07:45 PM

Well Dad and I took the Seville out to our back road dragstrip today. From a dead idle he almost put it in the ditch! This is a legal street car NHRA legal U/SA. Less then 5k and run well under. But it is a 4dr Seville

I had looked at it before Shaw did his but I passed because it is so ugly

LOL

The Hawk · 07-06-2011, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Daran Summerton

Well Dad and I took the Seville out to our back road dragstrip today. From a dead idle he almost put it in the ditch! This is a legal street car NHRA legal U/SA. Less then 5k and run well under. But it is a 4dr Seville

I had looked at it before Shaw did his but I passed because it is so ugly

LOL

The uglier the better. Leave the steel wheels on it too. If all else fails,put flames on it!

07-05-2011, 10:43 PM	#1
Hemiparts Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Raleigh, N.C Posts: 212 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! this is by far one of the best threads i have ever read on here. It's got my mind going, we have several old Grand Cherokee's around the dealership that have been abandoned, and we just pulled out a 6 cylinder last week that is right for a build up. A 98 Grand 2wd with a Dana 44 posi-trac rear with a "Hot" 6cyl... Look out Piedmont Stk/SS here we come!!! Chris

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Capri Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 171 Likes: 0 Liked 27 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Thanks Mark......

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,815 Likes: 2,904 Liked 5,121 Times in 1,952 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! You oughta know... LOL __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

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vic guilmino Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: wv Posts: 884 Likes: 42 Liked 56 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! alan the 74 has the small theroquad __________________ Vic Guilmino 1129 STK

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GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,733 Likes: 2,799 Liked 2,484 Times in 697 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Really not much difference in performance.... even on big displacement engine between big and small thermo. More variation between any two given carbs at random.

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goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 891 Likes: 1,621 Liked 392 Times in 153 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Carb Sizes; Ford/Motorcraft TB 1.563x1.960 Ven 1.250xAV, Holley TB 1.563x1.563 Ven 1.250x1. Carter ThermoQuad TB 1.375x2.250 Ven 1.063xAV To me, the motorcraft looks the best with 1.563x1.96 plates and the biggest air valve. Now obviously the secondaries on the thermo bog are bigger but the air valve is smaller. Is there really that much difference? Anybody know what the carter flows compared to the holley or ford? And yes I realise quality is better than quantity, just curious.

07-06-2011, 07:45 PM	#9
Daran Summerton Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Las Vegas nv Posts: 600 Likes: 18 Liked 66 Times in 37 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Well Dad and I took the Seville out to our back road dragstrip today. From a dead idle he almost put it in the ditch! This is a legal street car NHRA legal U/SA. Less then 5k and run well under. But it is a 4dr Seville I had looked at it before Shaw did his but I passed because it is so ugly LOL __________________ 72 cutlass