Any Trickflow track performance examples available?

[65Fury440]

65Fury440, are you saying you are running the springs alone and no assassin bars or calvert bars? If so, the front section of that spring may not be stiff enough to give you the lift you were getting before. I am not familiar enough to be able to say but if they were designed for use with the bars, they may not be ideal without them. There is a reason the SS Springs had the multi leaf front sections set the way they were. They acted a lot like a ladder bar by virtue of their stiffness.

With a pinion snubber and the rear segment unclamped, the rear would raise a lot, maybe 4 or 5 inches, the effect of the rear segment separating.
I kept the snubber on with the new springs to prevent wrap up, it's about 1.5" away from the floor pan and haven't touched at all with the Calvert springs. My plan was to put the springs on then the bars later, it really all needs to be done at once.

Wow, those are marginal for sure. At that trap speed I would expect 1.45 (or close to it) 60' times and 10.90's to 11.0's. Can you PM me a link to your video? It won't come up from your post.

Yea 1st and second gear are like driving on ice without the tires being planted. My son took the video on FB, it might be his security settings.

So what are your upgrades this year?

Went to Willwood discs up front, line loc, went from 850 Mighty Demon to the Thumper 1050, put in the Calvert springs, threw away my HF dial back timing light.
I dropped around 120 lbs, and with the new carb got the AFR from mid to high 11s with the Demon to high 12s with the Dominator. The HF timing light was 4 degrees off, so my timing was 40 degrees, I found an old Mac timing light and have the timing at 36 now.
So basically I'm slower this year-

 

[65Fury440]

Money I have not yet spent...
So Calvert calls them "split mono leaf springs" but I assume we are talking about the same thing?
More importantly, spare me the pain and tell me, What leaf springs should I replace my (assume worn out) factory stock performance springs with? Or am I OK and in a different situation because I am definitely going to use the Assassin bars with whatever springs I install.
Thanks.

I love the Calvert springs, you just need the bars to make them work, and good shocks.
I think Smith makes springs as well, if you are going Assassin bars, they come with the holes pre-drilled. It wasn't a real hard thing to drill the springs, but, if their springs are good pieces, ight as well save an extra step.

 

[65Fury440]

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[Brewzer67]

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[Brewzer67]

At 3690lbs , 505 , .600 lift flat tappet 10.25@129s ( 28" radial )
At 3690lbs , 440ci , .520 lift flat tappet 10.71@126s ( 30" radial )
At 3780lbs , 505ci , .600 lift ft , 10.27/[email protected] , (30" radial )
Best sixty is 1.42 with 505ci . I think with 440 was 1.46 . Sixty is a little soft for et . Only have 4.1 gear . Tnis is 11:1 on pump gas wuth street exhaust to diff .

Tex

Those are some solid numbers! Thanks.

 

[stage3]

i have a set of the trickflow 270's,,,word is the springs are from isky,,i have the heads that are cut for .700 lift,,are u guys keeping the springs that came with the heads and using them? or using a set from your cam manufactuer? thanks.

 

[GITEX]

i have a set of the trickflow 270's,,,word is the springs are from isky,,i have the heads that are cut for .700 lift,,are u guys keeping the springs that came with the heads and using them? or using a set from your cam manufactuer? thanks.

PAC springs, and used mine for 2 years without issue.

 

[Dan64]

The power out of the TF240 and TF270 heads are great and they’re fantastic street car heads. I really think the Indy line really picks up where the TF heads leave off and are probably the way to go for most big power race engines. With the new owners, Indy’s future looks good. Even the website is better already. That thing sucked.

Just got my d.p.m. Indy dual plane from them last week and was a little worried about core shift and possible use of epoxy to get them to max wedge as I've heard they have problems with that previously. The intake looked great ,no epoxy needed ,nice work, by Hugh's also, my engine builder was pretty impressed with it. I bought the intake through Hugh's ,they told me at the time i ordered it that they should have it in 2 weeks but " you never know with Indy" how long it could take. They got it in the 2 weeks they were told. Looks like the new owners are headed in the right direction.

 

[Brewzer67]

Reviving this thread as I would still be interested to see more track numbers from Trickflow builds. Anyone have any new numbers to report?

 

[67MPRFAN]

My 470 build using TF 270's with transmission issues through the exhaust just like I drive it on the street

 

[Tex013]

last time out ,2 months ago ?
Footbrake from 1500rpm , 6000 shift , [email protected] .
This was with my Hoosier 30x10.5 radials (29.5 tall)
They are good heads

Tex

 

[Brewzer67]

last time out ,2 months ago ?
Footbrake from 1500rpm , 6000 shift , [email protected] .
This was with my Hoosier 30x10.5 radials (29.5 tall)
They are good heads

Tex

Sweet! Any details you can share on the build and car?

 

[Tex013]

Sweet! Any details you can share on the build and car?

505 world block , .600 lift sft , 272@050, 11.0:1 pump gas , street exhaust to diff , 4.1 gear dana . Small 5000 stall vert .Caltracs on XHD springs

Tex

 

[33 IMP]

My 470 build using TF 270's with transmission issues through the exhaust just like I drive it on the street

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Interesting slips. What happened on the quicker pass? A tenth faster in 60, two tenths at 330,only a tenth and a half at the eighth, and the mph down. That pass should have been 11.6x at 117.
Edit: in Rosanna Rosannadanna voice: Nevermind! Reread your post, saw trans issues.

 

[67MPRFAN]

Interesting slips. What happened on the quicker pass? A tenth faster in 60, two tenths at 330,only a tenth and a half at the eighth, and the mph down. That pass should have been 11.6x at 117.
Edit: in Rosanna Rosannadanna voice: Nevermind! Reread your post, saw trans issues.

Yep and driver forgetting the basics lol. On the 11.85 pass didn't get a good burnouts trying my luck with drag radials, then when the ticket shows quicker I realized my foot wasn't through the floor so I finally stood on the loud pedal. A lot of driver error

 

[33 IMP]

Yep and driver forgetting the basics lol. On the 11.85 pass didn't get a good burnouts trying my luck with drag radials, then when the ticket shows quicker I realized my foot wasn't through the floor so I finally stood on the loud pedal. A lot of driver error

With 116mph power, there's a lot more in it. Wallace says 11.40s, I think there is probably easy 11.50s in it. Practice doesn't always make perfect, but it helps!

 

[biomedtechguy]

I have an update.
Last summer (2020) car went in the shop for a few months, where I had LOTS of work done, got it back 1st week of October, for Cruisin the Coast. The factory leaf springs were shot, worn badly, and the Calvert split mono leaf springs really give it a nice subtle rake. The rear Viking shocks are top level! Warrior XS (eXtreme Street) triple adjustable. Assassin traction bars. McLeod recommended the RXT dual disc clutch, not for the 1,000 horsepower rating (vs the RST dual disc) but for the ceramic metallic friction material. When I described the function of the HitMaster launch control, the McLeod tech said that any organic disc would have problems with the heat. The RXT clutch has been GREAT on the street, only the rare brief "chatter" if I'm going slow and slipping the clutch in 1st or 2nd, but even those rare occasions aren't bad. Chrome Moly steel everything, all Strange: slip yoke, driveshaft, pinion yoke, and 1350 solid U-joints. Calvert sliders.
What little driving I've had the time to do, no complaints. The odd new noise on rough spots on the road. I also have a complete new front suspension, all QA1 including the K-member, the one exception is SPC UCAs, because they are far more adjustable than most any others.
Now that the soul sucking money pit construction nightmare, aka the "beach house" is basically finished, the bank calls it 100% complete (thank you Mr. Bank Appraiser) and the construction loan with its dreaded deadlines and other horror-inducing parameters is being converted to a regular mortgage, all done to "make Cruisin the Coast more fun" and other weekend adventures that instead came to a complete HALT because of the demands of having to be contractors ourselves after gypsies, dope fiends, thieves and shitty work had to STOP happening to us....
Now I'm hoping to turn the page, no, throw away and burn that book and move on to a hopefully happier story.
The tale of a guy turning 60 and wanting to ENJOY life a little while I'm still sucking air.
That should mean I finally get to make some trips to the track and get to tuning, tweaking, and dialing in all that gear and get to running SOLID 12s. The Bill Mitchell aluminum block is paid for and waiting at the builder's shop for my budget to build up to the point where I can get ALL the parts to build that block into a kick *** 541.
In the meantime, I have plenty of new stuff to tweak and tune, and while the 541 will mean LOTS of new adjustments, including a MAJOR tire and wheel change out back to have any hope of hooking up, well, I have laid as thorough of a foundation for it as I possibly can, and lots to play with in the meantime until I can get it built.

 

[RemCharger]

500ci,Trick flow 270's, Track heat manifold port matched. Bullet cam CRB287/287-09R Grind, 645 lift, Ultimate converter 9.5@4800. 28x10.5x15 hoosier. Calvert with mono leaf springs. 4220 lbs with my fat *** in it. best time 10.85@125 1.52 @60 shifting at 6500. For the money IMPO trick flow is the way to go.
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Very similar results , I ran a buddy's car twice, best 10.85@124. Very heavy 70 pymouth 4200? But had the 240 heads/track heat.

 

[Schober Motorsports]

I'll add my data to this thread, hopefully someone can benefit from it. 505 cid, 270 Trick Flow heads, Trick Flow Max Wedge 4500 intake, good sized solid flat tappet, 13-1 compression and 1050 Dominator fueled... Runs 6.30's in the 1/8 in a 3550 lb Coronet, calculator says 9.80's in the 1/4 mile but I haven't ran to confirm.

 

[RemCharger]

Very cool car.