557 trickflow streets

This is my bbf combo.
production block
four bolt conversion
.080 over
probe 4.5 forged rotating assembly
lunnati solid roller cam
trickflow street heads ported
edelbrock victor 4500 intake
1150 dominator
c-6 5500 stall
4.11 gear
1985 Thunderbird alston chassis
ladder bar rear, strut front
car weighs 2900lbs with driver

So far car has run a best of 9.20 @152 mph, 1.29 60' foot brake, 5.89 1/8 mile at 119mph.
car is down for a little bit I am putting the transbrake back in and have to do a little tunning.

Need pics !!

how much hp did it make?

Never had the engine on the dyno. I had the same heads on a 429 short block, eagle 6.605 rods, stock crank, with flat tops on pump gas that ran 9.90's at 140 in the same car. The 557 feels a couple of hundred horses stronger on my anal dyno. I think the car will go in the eights once everthing is lined out.

Sounds like a similar car to mine
86 bird Alston mild steel, struts and ladders.

Mine has an A headed 598, Ron's injection and a glide with a 4.57 gear.
It has gone 5.22 @ 134 on motor.

David, sounds like you have that car lined out. I spent the last two years trying different things on the suspension, rear spring rates, front springs, ladder bar position, shock settings etc, trying to get rid of a bad bouncing fore and aft. I got the car calmed down now since I have been foot brakeing it . I am just worried that when I use the brake the problem will resurface. I have always built and run old street cars with suspension that I built in my shop. When I went to this tube chassis car my luck ran out, I had no idea how to set this thing up. David if you could post some pics of your cars suspension and some specs then it may give me a baseline on where to regroup. Thanks

The rear is ladder bars with Koni double adj shocks. Compression is on 6 from soft (out of 15), Rebound is on 2 from soft (out of 14)
Mine bounced until I went softer on the rebound. Ladder bars are in the bottom hole of two, neutral on both the ladder bars and anti-roll bar.

Front struts are Strange single adjust. Set at about 6 from soft.

Pics in these albums:
https://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo186/dgcole01/TBird%20at%20Home/

https://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo186/dgcole01/T%20Bird%20mock%20up/

https://s374.photobucket.com/albums/oo186/dgcole01/t%20bird/

Thanks for the pics and info David. Our t-birds look alot alike they are even the same color! What rate rear springs are you useing?

BUZZ BUZZARD wrote:Thanks for the pics and info David. Our t-birds look alot alike they are even the same color! What rate rear springs are you useing?

Can't remember off the top of my head, but I think they are 125's

Good Deal, Sounds Great, Thanks For Sharing.