Hehehehehehe this is what a Nextec spring looks like under .704 lift on the intake side on my AFR 227's......

looks frikking painful.... Engine builder says there's a lot of room before coil bind.... even though the springs coils look like they're humping each other....

 

wow, that's some serious lift for an lt1 cam

 

That spring looks like its saying "Help me"

 

Is that .704 with just the cam or are the lifters factored in as well? And yea that's some insane rocker angle lol

 

damn! gonna need tall valve covers for that

 

Thats all the lift you have? Ive got ya beat.

Lookin good bro!

 

Heheheh yeah the rocker angle is figured iin..... 1.7 intake and 1.6 exhaust.....

I knew you had more duration Tony but you've got 704+ on the intake side????? jesus......

 

704 got my attention, afr 227's got me so excited my g/f got jealous

 

What kinda springs are those?

 

Those are Nextec pacalloy triple valvespings.... They are an upgrade thru AFR. I believe they are the best ones AFR sells with their heads.... I can't remember the OD on them. But they're good to like .800 lift properly setup... Lance said they measured 275 lbs on the seat....

Oh and he finished my intake welding. He lopped the water neck off of my Victor E, welded up the holes, got rid of the lettering where it said "Edelbrock Victor E" and smoothed everything out and needled it to leave an as cast finish... finished it up yesterday so we're ready to bolt up the intake monday morning.... i'm stoked!

 

^^^ Dude that's nice. Angle of the pic makes the end of it look like a football field though.

 

The !Waterneck is SWEET

Tony.

 

Yeah I can't believe it was ever there from what it looks like.... I did see it go thru the transformation so I know it was there at one point....

but you'd never know from lookin at it.... thanks again guys...

Oh and DH I found out a little more about the springs. They are Nextec springs manufactured by Manley. They are basically a high end version of spring using next generation metals where memory problems with previous springs materials are basically a non issue with these springs. There are a few pro stock engine builders using them. And a few that I know that are running near .900 lift with them without failure. They are an upgrade thru AFR that you can get on their heads.

 

Man its nice to finally see some nice LT1's in the works.

 

Just seems like you don't get to read about those hosscat springs much. Just curious about those.

 

There's some good reading on valvesprings if you do a search for "Nextec Springs" in google and go to some of the forums and research the threads there.....

 

NIIIIICE! I am diggin it dude.


I am gonna run .680 lift in a STREET car.....those kinda lift numbers make me cringe.


More pics please.


David

 

I can't wait to see how your setup runs! Looks awesome

 

Here's another one where you can kinda see the manton 3/8" pushrods and where we had the massive clearance issues with the head gasket (gasket holes needed to be clearanced since we're using offset intake lifters)




manifold goes on tommorrow and we'll start mocking up vacuum pump brackets, weld the valve covers for the AN fittings and do some finish work on the front with the accessories. I'll probably put the throttle body on it and the FPR and FPR bracket. We are nearing the finishline thank god... thanks for all the words guys, believe me i'm just as excited about seeing how it runs. From other motors I've seen come out of CSMRE I'm sure it'll be everything i expect it to be...