Modified questions

[Kevin Grasson]

Originally Posted by 71mavlouisville

I run the N351 in ss/cs. There are 2 other fords in the class, Venice Perno with a Thunderbird and Jamie Groves with a Maverick they are both from Ontario, Canada. I run out of Div 4. You can be competitive with that head. The class is dominated by David Bogner (Mopar) and Michael Mans (Chevrolet) and the record is a 9.37. All of the Fords have been in the 9.90's. Most of the ford guys will give you any help you need and we would love to see another ford in the class. e-mail me ashmig@verizon.net Ashton Hudson SS/CS 373

What is bogner using for a motor? w8 or p7..is the p7 legal?

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by Kevin Grasson

What is bogner using for a motor? w8 or p7..is the p7 legal?

Kevin,

SS/CS requires cast iron heads, Bogner runs W2 heads although I don't know what flavor.

Bill

[Kevin Grasson]

Thanks, didn't have my rulebook handy. The w2 would really be the only choice for that combo, and when done right they flow pretty well. I don't do very much small block stuff, but I would imagine that he is running a later casting, 48* (if a 48*block is allowed), small chamber non econo head so he can run the t&d rocker gear and not have the valvetrain stability issues that the 59* would have at the rpm he's probably turning.

[Freddie]

Have been looking into this myself lately..

From what I have understood, NHRA allows the 351C style Yates heads as well, they all have a Ford Part # cast in them. I am looking at a 311 Yates heades combo for ours.

[RPM5595]

I sure hope they allow the Yates heads, cuz thats what I'm building. Curious, why are you building a 311 cube engine? Cant run SS/CS with them and 311 is kinda small for SS/BS is'nt it? Maybe I missed something. Or, maybe you're building a SS/?M with 2 fours? That would be a screamer!

Jay

[Freddie]

We are actually looking at G/SMA

[Ven302]

The 311 Yates headed piece is a good fit for SS/DM WITH 2 4BL

10.50 x311 3265 less the auto break -163 = 3102 NEED 817ISH HP TO RUN THE RECORD 150MPH
530 FOR THE INDEX
SS/CM

9.50 X311 2954 - 147 2807. 909ISH HP RECORD 158MPH
530 INDEX

WEIGHTS WITH DRIVER INCLUDED

[Ron E]

Originally Posted by RPM5595

I sure hope they allow the Yates heads, cuz thats what I'm building. Curious, why are you building a 311 cube engine? Cant run SS/CS with them and 311 is kinda small for SS/BS is'nt it? Maybe I missed something. Or, maybe you're building a SS/?M with 2 fours? That would be a screamer!

Jay

Jay, we've done top-ends for 314 and 315 inch BS motors. So, I guess 311 could fit too.

Ralph, you're right on those 351 iron heads. They also have pretty good bowl thickness as cast. They have great potential for CS. A friend of mine out in Washington state has built them for allky round track racing, and tells me they will flat out make more HP per CFM than a bowtie. Considering they will potentially flow more than a bowtie, that sounds promising.

[The A in ARrace]

I am also looking into building a ss/cs car and would like to know if you have to adhere to the normal nhra listed runner size of a year/hp combo like standard ss.

Joe Adkins

[BlueOval Ralph]

good bowl thickness as cast
You have to be very carefull as there is water with in a 1/2 inch below the seat between the valves. You can pick the intake alot by removing material in the bowl between intake & exhaust but be very carefull.

Originally Posted by Ron E

Jay, we've done top-ends for 314 and 315 inch BS motors. So, I guess 311 could fit too.

Ralph, you're right on those 351 iron heads. They also have pretty good bowl thickness as cast. They have great potential for CS. A friend of mine out in Washington state has built them for allky round track racing, and tells me they will flat out make more HP per CFM than a bowtie. Considering they will potentially flow more than a bowtie, that sounds promising.