Thread: 6 inch rod 357CID SBC

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"What is the max timing I can run this engine at. Speed Unlimited says 36 degrees, but I have read that a 6" rod motor can be run with as much as 44 degrees of timing advance because detination issues are more controlled with the increased rod length allowing the piston to remain at TDC longer, than a stock 5.7" rod - basically the geometry is changed."

Please post a source to that article, I'm a technoid and I'd like to read it. I guess the best way to determine the optimum timing in the motor would be to read the plugs. I ran into an offer while surfing recently that piqued my interest and I think I'll order it. I've spent a hundred dollars on some other things that didn't give me the return that this offer promises.
http://racingsecrets.com/spark_plug_reading.shtml

"My other question - I have 750 Edelbrock performer series carb and a Speed Demon 750 - which one is going to give me better performance. I've been running the Edelbrock, pleased with it, but I hear that the Speed Demon can do better. I have not tried it. The Edelbrock wants to cause the engine to stall on hard cornering, and hard braking. Can I get away from this with the Speed Demon and get better acceration perfomance?"

Bolt a Predator on it. They're self-adjusting from 390 to 930 cfm and can't flood the motor or starve it either because they have no fuel bowl.

Here's a paper by Ron Iskendarian on the long/short rod controversy.....
http://www.iskycams.com/techtips.html#2005