I like the title "Modern Day Vintage Race Cars". I wanted to start a magazine on them a while back with the same title then realized it was a start up of at least 125K a year.

Subscribed. Great job Payton. I'm running out of words for so many cool cars on this site. Your car is definitely at the top of the list.

Had to go back
 

to dig this thread up. Been a busy summer for sure on my end.

I have a few small updates. Ended up with a 6.2 rod, looks like the bore will be 4.180 so I am going to be a little larger than the original 393 ci.

Heads are back and ready to assemble. Need to "cc" and see where we are so we can have some pistons made. Compression may bump up to 11:1 because I am back on making this thing fuel injected. No flow numbers on the heads...the guy that did them ran a TRD (toyota) program on them and they do not want the numbers out. Here are a few cell phone pics of the heads

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9997d943.jpg

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ps74d005ba.jpg

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...psa3d92b69.jpg

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5c4cfa4a.jpg

Block is back
 

from having the lifter bores done.

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ps47b9c5f2.jpg

Just curious what is more important on a race / track car. Horsepower or Torque ???

My very first project (1984 ) was a Toyota 4 banger and I bought everything Toyota sold including the supercharger. I was able to smoke all four 40" tall super swampers.

Personally
 

I would want a big fat torque curve on a road course to pull out of the corners.

Payton heads and block look awesome! Are you going solid roller?

x2 on the flat torque curve, but it can't be cammed like an RV :thumbsup:

Yes
 

Soild rollers, Crower if I am not mistaken. Cam is fairly large, but have not decided on which one. Ed is about to dyno an SB2 that he built for a Trans Am car and we are going to see how that one does.

Quoting Jake here: "Nothing like a small block spinning @ 8500."

I like it! :thumbsup:

Killer, Payton! :bigun2:

Come on Ron... this ain't no stinkin LS motor. :snapout:

:D

Well look at you Ricky Bobby.... all top secret and stuff. :lol:

3.625 stroke, yes?