Originally Posted by DragsterJosh
I went from a 500 Horse SBC to a 700 Horse BBC and slowed from 5.8's to 5.9's.
I am wondering what experiences anyone has had with this, I think the converter is my problem. It was built for my 535 Horse 406. It stalled 5400 behind it. Now it stalls 6200 behind my 468.
I thought it would work, now I am thinking it is way too loose!...
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated...
My 468 is a 12:1 motor with a .722 Roller and World Merlin III 320cc heads that have 2.300 and 1.880 valves. It has a 1050 Dominator with 38 degrees of timing.
My car is about 1950 pounds with the bbc and me in it... It has 4.86 gears (set up for 1/8 Mile) It only sixty footed 1.30 with the BBC and it had a 1.23 with the 406.
Thanks,
Josh
Converter needs to be adjusted 5800 stall max, you need some help getting going with a 468, 6200 stall would be good for 540+ ci in a dragster. What did launch and shift at ? Your compression is hurting your HP #'s I'd bet its in the mid 600HP range not 700 also after seeing the #'s. A converter makes and breaks what a car runs for sure. 60ft is slow you need to get up and going. A little help it should be easily faster then the 406.