Crossbred, 454 into an '85 Ram

[383Ram]

Originally Posted by jb1016

Congrats man, it's been a long time coming! Exhaust sounds good.

Three years isn't too long-----is it?

Those mufflers are supposed to be some chap welded turbo style from a Muffler shop chain. I only use them for my test stand, but have to admit almost any engine I have put on the stand, they sound good.

[383Ram]

Well, I finally got to drive this a month ago. I got it all finished up and took it for a short trip around the block and then loaded it on my trailer to head to the strip. The test drive was AMAZING!! I cant believe the easy amount of power this truck makes on such a mild motor. This little 9 to 1 454 rocks! Trying to get aggressive with the throttle only results in spinning tires.

The trip down the track however ended early. On street tires I knew I was up for a challange being this is a stick shift vehicle. First run resulted on trying to gain any sort of traction for the first half of the track. Very disapointing 15.59 but at a rather high 97 MPH (which indicates a middle 13 second pass). I really feel that I can get this thing to rock bottom 13's and hopefully some 12's--remember, it is a truck and heavy--especially with an iron headed big block. Othe people familiar with my combo say 12's should not be an issue, but I hate stretching out an exagerated figure at this point.

My second run ended before it began. When i came out of the burn out box, I could tell something was wrong. I staged only to find there was a clutch issue. It slipped real bad and I could barely do 25 mph down the track. Hindsight, I should have just stopped and got towed off, But I played like a rookie and drove it to the end of the track.

So all in all I was happy to get it out of the garage, now i have to figure out a few things and try to get the power to the ground.

A pic from one of my two failed runs.