[s-cars] How many people on this list have gone the 2.6 L route?

[Taka Mizutani]

Calvin-
What's the redline on your 455? I wouldn't expect to see much more than 5000
rpm
out of one of those engines.

BTW, if anyone can answer this- what is the rod/stroke ratio of the C6 Z06
LS7 engine?
7.0L and 7000+ rpm redline has got to be pretty tough on that engine,
especially considering
that GM has to warranty it for 100k.

What do NASCAR 358s run? They go north of 9000rpm these days, I'm assuming
that's a big
bore, short stroke engine, though.

Hap and you other guys running strokers north of 7000 rpm- I'm definitely no
engine expert,
but isn't that really running on the ragged edge?

Dave- take a look at a '67-69 Camaro Z-28 with the 302 engine- they
definitely have the looks and
all the right sounds of American muscle cars but they can also turn and
stop. Same with the '69-70
Boss 302 Mustangs. :-)

Taka


On 6/24/06, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I will say this, though.  A Pontiac 455 (which I happen to run in my
> Firebird) has a stock rod/stroke ratio of 1.57 and a piston speed of 4042
> ft/min. (5750 rpm)  These engines routinely went for over 100k miles with
> crap pistons and cast cranks/rods.  The differemces I guess I could see
> that
> might make a difference are cruising rpm is happy at 1500-2500 rpm, no
> need
> to wind it up to 3k+ when going 75 mph and piston side loading may not be
> as
> bad due to the much larger bore (106mm).  However, 1.51 does strike me as
> a
> little low....
> --Calvin
>