375-396 Stocker valve springs?

Jim Hanig · 11-05-2012, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SS Engine Guy

Frank, peak torque at 1000 - 1200 under peak hp.

Maurice, sounds like you have a nice piece going together and you can't go wrong with the "Nashville" influence. No, not dime rocket material but fun! And the clutch combo will be really nice!

Jim, I don't know what your shift points are but if you aren't making power out of a solid lifter, holley carbed, decent intake, hi comp motor any higher than 7000 I don't know what to tell you.

I tell you what you show me a stocker 375 that makes power above 7000 -7100 . Jim

killintime6968 · 11-05-2012, 10:25 PM

Maurice, yes we still have the Checkmate camaro. Slowly been working on it. Repainted the underside after repairing old damage from a few driveshaft explosions and then rewired the car this summer. I am quite surprised that it never had any shorts or caught fire with the old wiring. Hopefully we will get the car finished this winter but that was goal last winter. So we will see what happens. We hope too see you, Rolf, Gord and the rest of the gang next spring at the Mission points meet or even Ashcroft.

Pedigo Perf · 11-09-2012, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Hanig

I tell you what you show me a stocker 375 that makes power above 7000 -7100 . Jim

How about a pair of them.

Jim Hanig · 11-12-2012, 10:54 AM

Thats why he shifts it at 6200 ? And one of them has ran a 4.56 gear and turns it 8200 ? Jim

11-12-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Hanig

Thats why he shifts it at 6200 ? And one of them has ran a 4.56 gear and turns it 8200 ? Jim

There is nobody shifting a 396/402 375 at 6200 unless they are clueless, or bottom feeding off the bottom of the ladder.

I used to shift my 455 at 6000 on the 2-3 shift

Pedigo Perf · 11-12-2012, 11:03 PM

My convertor flashes to 6200, pretty hard to make that shift in time. If you can't run the RPMs for optimal gearing than you better be good at playing the ladder to avoid the ones that do. Peak horsepower RPM and crossing RPM are two different numbers.

KRatcliff · 11-12-2012, 11:10 PM

I was wondering when you would surface.

Ed Wright · 11-13-2012, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KRatcliff

I was wondering when you would surface.

Think he knows anything? :-)

11-05-2012, 10:25 PM	#2
killintime6968 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Whitecourt,Alberta,Canada Posts: 236 Likes: 4,632 Liked 91 Times in 29 Posts	Re: 375-396 Stocker valve springs? Maurice, yes we still have the Checkmate camaro. Slowly been working on it. Repainted the underside after repairing old damage from a few driveshaft explosions and then rewired the car this summer. I am quite surprised that it never had any shorts or caught fire with the old wiring. Hopefully we will get the car finished this winter but that was goal last winter. So we will see what happens. We hope too see you, Rolf, Gord and the rest of the gang next spring at the Mission points meet or even Ashcroft.

11-12-2012, 10:54 AM	#4
Jim Hanig Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pukwana SD Posts: 860 Likes: 554 Liked 99 Times in 49 Posts	Re: 375-396 Stocker valve springs? Thats why he shifts it at 6200 ? And one of them has ran a 4.56 gear and turns it 8200 ? Jim

11-12-2012, 11:03 PM	#6
Pedigo Perf Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wichita Ks Posts: 383 Likes: 70 Liked 30 Times in 17 Posts	Re: 375-396 Stocker valve springs? My convertor flashes to 6200, pretty hard to make that shift in time. If you can't run the RPMs for optimal gearing than you better be good at playing the ladder to avoid the ones that do. Peak horsepower RPM and crossing RPM are two different numbers.

11-12-2012, 11:10 PM	#7
KRatcliff Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 765 Likes: 75 Liked 524 Times in 141 Posts	Re: 375-396 Stocker valve springs? I was wondering when you would surface.