Thanks for all the awesome comments guys! To answer some questions the wagon in the picture is the car I drive which has gone an 8.64. In the picture posted on our website I'm the one with the crazy hair on the left. When we took the picture my fire suit was at the cleaners so I borrowed Fred's. As for the changes in the engine they really seemed to work. Usually Rich decides what goes into the engines we build and a few changes are usually made per my suggestions, but on this one he let me go. I've been building engines with him for four years now and have learned a lot. I convinced him to let me build the engine to my specs to challenge myself and my own theories. I spent a lot of time (hours and hours) solving differential equations and various formulas. I won't tell specifications on what I have changed but I will tell what hasn't changed - Bore, stroke, cam, cam timing, head ports, head location, intake manifold, carbs, rockers, lifters, and springs(new of coarse). I love building engines and over the past year I have become very influential in the builds we do. I saw that someone mentioned the 40's. I know that it is possible but I don't believe it can be done with the same cam. The graphs I came up with seem to indicate that a different cam would likely produce more power. Now all I need to do is convince my car owner to put up some more money....
Anyway, if I haven't answered a question you may have feel free to ask. Thanks for all the support.
Jay
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I'm still awaiting pictures of the event but here is one from the previous race(Maple Grove)
Some pics of engine build
JK. I have been wondering though when we might get a 2 piece dry intake available (you know like on a Cleveland, or a B/RB Mopar?) to make running a solid roller cam a little easier to service.