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Pictures posted in the street section
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Big difference between 5 psi and 10 psi when it comes to timing requirements and fuel octane. 5 psi is easy if it doesn't build heat due to restrictions. Joe-JDC
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It's apples to oranges but I had a problem with knocking at 10 PSI on a Mitsubishi Eclipse on 91 octane when I lived in AZ. Looks like that had 7.8:1 CR.
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58F600
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Thanks Joe. I'm assuming this engine is a simple stock rebuild 7.5:1,2bbl C1TE heads 160hp 292. It would probably run 5psi on 87 octane lol
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Depending on your static compression ratio, you may not need to pull any timing with less than 5 psi. The crossover point seems to be 9.5:1 compression and over 5 psi boost. We ran 9.0-9.5 with modern heads up to 14psi only pulling out 4* total on SBFs. JMO, but I would not be too concerned with timing with Y block iron heads up to 37* with premium fuel and stock compression. Joe-JDC
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1000° continuous sounds reasonable. 1250° for short pulls maybe. The engine is a bit of an unknown, it's very clean in the valley and heads. Looks to have been rebuilt at some point. But probably just a local machine shop ring/bearing/hone job. Certainly nothing hi performance, just stock.
Yes, we are building the truck here in Eastern Oregon at 5k feet, route home is still fluid, but we really want to go through the San Juans in southern Colorado which would put us about 12,500 ft, but very slow 15mph crawl up dirt roads.
Thanks for sharing first hand experience. We really don't want to hurt the old 292.
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My experience is diesels also, mostly on Cummins, measured right off the exhaust, in front of the turbo. (The Cat’s I was around were after the turbo, much lower). That said, I’d think any long pull over 1000 or so might be too much. Unless the valve cooling was designed for that. I know some guys running factory turbos hard are running up to 1600+, but those engines were designed for pretty high boost to begin with.
As I recall, you’ve got a long drive home. If you’ve got the Rockies, Siskkiyous’s or Sierra’s in the middle, I’d be more worried about the exhaust valves from heat on a hard pull.
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55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ
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miker (8/18/2024)
I’m not arguing with the F code spec, but this was my experience. 292/312 crank, 320cid. 9:1 true static ratio. 113 Mummert ported iron heads, 270 series cam (20 years ago, spec may have changed). Paxton SN2000, pulleys for 5lbs at 5000 rpm. Premium pump fuel. I ran 10-12 initial, and 34-36 all in. The vacuum can had probably around 15 or 20 degrees in it. I used an MSD and ran 2* retard at 3 psi (manifold pressure). That came in around 3000 rpm, maybe a little higher. Hot weather, or racing with long WOT periods, I’d need less initial/less centrifugal/ more retard. Didn’t happen enough to do more than set the initial back a bit. Your results will depend on the engine/cam specs, etc. That's really close to the range I was thinking! I'll probably stay 30° or under on total until we get a feel for things. Long hills in a big truck and I don't want to be swapping head gaskets. We do have a Pyrometer installed as well. Anyone happen to run a Pyrometer with their set up? I've used a bunch but on diesels. I guess the melting point of aluminum remains the same so we were thinking 1250° was probably the top of the safe zone.
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Hoosier Hurricane (8/18/2024)
The specs show 27 degrees total mechanical advance, there would not have been any vacuum at full throttle, probably about 6 pounds pressure. On my car, I'm running SN60 guts in my blower for about 12 pounds boost at 6000 RPM. I used to run 34-36 total advance, lost a lot of head gaskets. I backed down to 30 degrees total, the car ran quicker and head gaskets now live. I get 27 degrees from the specs, 12 distributor degrees times two plus 3 degrees initial. "Distributor Degrees"! I missed that, when reading. Thanks for the clarification. 27° sounds more like it!
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The specs show 27 degrees total mechanical advance, there would not have been any vacuum at full throttle, probably about 6 pounds pressure. On my car, I'm running SN60 guts in my blower for about 12 pounds boost at 6000 RPM. I used to run 34-36 total advance, lost a lot of head gaskets. I backed down to 30 degrees total, the car ran quicker and head gaskets now live. I get 27 degrees from the specs, 12 distributor degrees times two plus 3 degrees initial.
John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"
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