My car is almost done and I want to drive it really bad, but how streetable is my car going to be. I want to be able to drive it the max about 2 hours highway, can i do this? And around town driving cause I am going to want to show off alot!! I know about the adjusting the valves but is this car going to be too scary to drive on the street?

The cam is a 510 lift cam which i know doesnt say much but thats all i know right now about it. I will have BF Goodrich radial TA's on the 15x7 rims cause I actaully like the white rims on my white car. Am I going to be redlining on the highway and am i going to have any low end on this car so it doesnt feel like its going to stall any second below 2500 rpms?

This is my first monster engine. I am use to driving my 14 second LeMans around and this is probably a low 12 second car, so please help out with any suggestions. Engine just got done, gotta buy headers and exhaust and little stuff like plugs, wires, oil, and I gotta put the gears in which are laying in my garage. Sorry for so long.

 

That depends to a great extent on the cam you are using. There's not enough information to make an educated guess. You will certainly need to learn to adjust rockers: there is one way that I know of that works (having driven solid lofter cammed SBCs on the street for many, many years) and a whole lot of ways that don't.

You're going to have a real problem with your compression. Expect to have to run racing gas all the time, and to still have trouble.

Those heads will choke your motor. IMHO they are a huge mistake: if there's any one single component that serves as the limit to an engine's potential, it's the heads; and any 305 heads are going to be a limit, no matter what size valves are in them, because the ports are so small. Without being a twit, I don't think you're going to have too much trouble geting scared by your car; unless you've lightened it a whole lot (like 800 lbs worth or more) I don't see low 12s in your combo. But again, it depends to some extent on your cam, and also your torque converter. I see about 280-300 HP at your crank.

You will probably also have traction problems if the engine runs to its fullest potential.

Lots of cars have come with 1:1 final drive ratio and 3.73 gears. I've had plenty of them myself, including for example some 69 Chevelle SS396s and 2nd gen Z28s. In fact, one of my old Z28s (a 79 4-speed car) broke a spider gear so I got a whole rear end at the boneyard, turned out somebody had already put 4.10s in it; it was still fine. I drove it on long trips several times; from Memphis to Indy one year for Super Chevy, to Atlanta a couple of times, etc. etc. You have nothing to worry about there.

 

The cam in my 400 has .6 lift and 240degrees duration at .050" on a 109lsa, it will idle within 15seconds of starting and can be driven away within a minute. But, you can't use a stock carb (something with 4corner idle circuts at least). Manual trans are tougher to get rolling than autos especially when cold.

 

i wouldnt call your motor a monster but it should be a step up from stock. you will have compression problems (detonation) depending on your cam and fuel. you stated 11.5-1 but is that the pistons, or the CR with the head cc , and everything else taken into account ? either way if you have a long duration cam with a good bit of overlap, you can back off the timing and hopefully bleed off a bit of pressure so you dont detonate and can run with some 104 plus booster in your gas. as said before those heads are your limiting factor. they just dont flow well for hi-perf applications reguardless of valve size. you'll be able to drive it and highway shouldnt be a prob, as long as you can get gas.

 

camrs89 dont worry too much, it seems your gearing is fine and i take it u dont have a spool or big stahl. I had an 11 sec camaro that i drove on the street with 548 lift solid cam

 

camrs89 dont worry too much, it seems your gearing is fine and i take it u dont have a spool or big stahl. I had an 11 sec camaro that i drove on the street with 548 lift solid cam

 

yeah, i have the TCI saturday night special converter which is around 2000 rpm stall.

i belive the cam is 510 lift and 298 degrees duration. I can double check when i get home. At school right now.