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Factory502

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offenhauser t ram
« on: August 21, 2010, 10:16:13 PM »
has any one run one of these on a chevy???  It is a 360- just curious if it is worth a sH*t or not considering the purchse  Thanks
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Re: offenhauser t ram
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2010, 06:16:53 PM »
OK lets try- does anyone have an uncle, cousin, friend or enemy that has run or even seen one of these deals????? ;D
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2010, 07:24:12 PM »
LOL! There's quite a few of them out there running! Sunday's prolly the worst day to get an answer though.

Personally, I think it has more to do with your setup than whether the T/R is worthwhile. T/R on a basically stock configuration motor and cam? Nope! waste of time. You need a cam and top end setup working hard in the upper RPM range (And the bottom end to support that) for the T/R to do what it's supposed to do. Regardless of engine brand. Then there comes the carb selection for it, where you'll hear a few opinions on that. I'll stay out of that part. What I had, while unpopular and bordered blasphemy, worked, and worked well.

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Re: Re: offenhauser t ram
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2010, 07:45:45 PM »
I ran a single carb offy on my bbf and loved it....gained 200 rpms, icing up the tr densing up the fuel....alot of people told me the tr was a bad idea but i never had tuning issues only thing i changed was on the carb i went front and rear 50cc accelerator pumps and squared the carb at 80 all the way around on the jets...oh yeah relatively stock motor

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Re: offenhauser t ram
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 09:27:29 AM »
Right on guys thanks for the input.  I ended up picking that deal up, the price got even sweeter and I couldnt pass it up.  I know this is a loaded question- but In your opinion or experiance, what size carbs are you running or have run with some success.  I know that the motor set up is not Ideal to maximize the t/r set up, but just looking for some opinions.  I still have my single set up so I am just playing with some options.  Thanks
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Re: offenhauser t ram
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2010, 08:42:20 AM »
Old post, havent been paying attention lately.

I was running twin 750 4160 Holleys. Worked extremely well on Moo's old engine! Fuel efficent (As far as T/R's go) when you kept the foot out of it, and balls out when in it. Plugs were always a dark tan color and very even. No idea what jets/pumps were in them, bought them new from a dyno shop here in Tucson that tried, and tuned the hell out of them, for a T/R BBC and ended up switching to 600's. They were just too much I guess, but with my combo, worked great as soon as I bolted them on! Moo's 460 motor was pretty far from stock, Nordies old 429 was just as it came out of a Station Wagon as I understand it.

I beleive Nordie was running a single 850 DP Holley. Could be wrong, but his talent in carb setup made it work somehow, and work WELL! (I'm not a fan of single carb T/R setups).

You know you got it right when you can make a smoothie scraping the ice off the manifold and your plugs look good and even!  ;)

Biggest thing on, well, really any engine for that matter, is read your plugs! Much more important on pseudo extreme deals like a T/R or extreme deals like a Blower.   ;)

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