I was thinking the same thing on the converter. Gary F. On 9/18/12, Jason Rhoades <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You might consider a 2500 rpm stall converter to match up with that > configuration. Ask a professional converter company of course!! > Just my penny. > > Sent from my Motorola ATRIX™ 4G on AT&T > > > -----Original message----- > From: Gary Futrell <gary.futrell@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tue, Sep 18, 2012 22:01:01 GMT+00:00 > Subject: Re: Looking for cam selection help > > I've been thinking about using a Mopar Performance 484 cam for my 63 Sport > Fury . Don't know how everyone else does with this cam ? It's a stock 73 > 440 with forged crank. I have a ported set of milled 906 heads to increase > the CR. I will probably run 3.55 gears. > > By the way , found another 65 BB 727 today to go with it. Went ahead and > grabbed it since they're not so easy to find. > > > Gary F > > > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Bill Parker wrote: >> -------Original Message------- >> >> Yah, the piston people asked me that question and I wasn't sure what to >> say. My son wants me to build an E85-only motor and suggested a CR of >> 13.5 >> - 1 ... but I don't think I want to do that. Others have suggested 10 - >> 1. >> The piston folks say they can build me whatever CR I want. So perhaps >> this needs to be changed to a question about CR ... so I could use some >> help here as I have no idea how to figure that out. >> >> I have a 3:55 gear in the backend, my tire size will be different than >> what >> they are now ( haven't decided for sure yet ), and I don't know the >> exact >> weight of the car. >> >> Jeez ... this is harder than when I picked out the cam for my poly ... >> just >> used what Gary P said to use :-) >> >> Thanks, >> Brian > > Running a mostly stock '64 413 ahead of a 4 speed and 3.23 gear in my '62 > Belvedere 2 door sedan around '73 or so, I put in an advertised "280 degree > .480 lift" Crane cam. Flat top pistons, headers, mostly running a single > 750 AFB. The cam was probably a bit too small and the gears too. I tried > 4.56's for a bit and that sucked, I was driving between Ft. Campbell and > here on some of my days off to hang with the family. The car ran great, > nearly as smooth as stock, but I always felt like I left some on the table. > It was my daily driver right I joined the army, and then saw the occasional > street race on US 41A between Ft. Campbell and Hopkinsville, but no formal > racing. > > The engine for my current '62 is a 413 max wedge block which had been bored > out to 426 .030 size. (440 someone mentioned would be .140 over I think, > probably impossible). The machinist going over it said the pistons were so > loose that I would have some rattle but it would live for cruising duty. We > talked to Indy cylinder head right up the road about maybe cleaning up the > bores to go 426 .040 over, they said they would waste my money on sonic > checking if I insisted but don't do it. So....I sprang for the sleeves back > to stock 413, and had Ross custom make pistons. The stock '62 max wedge > heads have 87 cc chambers and my chambers checked out within 1 cc > throughout. The car is (according to Darrell Davis info) originally a > 13.5:1 car, but I just didn't want to do that, I wanted to be able to cruise > some, a little bracket racing, etc. So I asked them to build the pistons to > make a static CR of 10.5:1. BTW those were $830 several years ago, I sold > the 426 domed pistons to a list member to help out some on that. Its a 3 > speed T-85 car but I got it (from Roland Osborne) with a four speed in it, > and the original 3.91 rear axle. Tires 275R60X15. It had headers when I > > -- > -- > -- > Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- > directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and > negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended > recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using > the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. 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