mopack an my 66

[mopack66]

just like to say hi an hope i cn get some info, on setting up a care for the first time.i hav a 66 fairlane hav a 4 link an a 557 c.i. an thats all i have so far. i hav. little to no money so any tips on very low way to start off would b great.thanks. cheap setup tips will help .like what kind of stock control springs would wrk on front end.i hav 430 gears in a 9" stage center an axle rear end.any edvice?

[T9 man]

Greetings and Welcome to our TorqueCars Forum my Friend!

I am unable to help you with your questions directly, but you are definitely in the right place for the answers! Somebody will be along in a little while who will be able to assist you with some answers or suggestions to your query!

Good luck!

[dagger]

hi welcome to the forum

[PedroS]

welcome. nice car you have !

[waynne]

Hi there, I hope you are well. May I wish you a warm welcome to TorqueCars, it is a pleasure to meet you.

You'll find us a very friendly and enthusiastic bunch and I'm sure you'll start to love and enjoy the forums as much as we all do. (It gets quite addictive at times.)

Feel free to get involved in our other threads, all opinions are welcome and as they say "the more the merrier"! (It's also great when people start new threads and discussions and all adds to the great debate.)

It's best to post your technical questions up in our engine forums, it will just get buried here with all the introductions.

Keep us up to date with your project as well, we like to see what people are getting up to with their cars.

[turbonutter69]

Hello and Welcome to TorqueCars.
Hope you enjoy your time with us.

[waynne]

The best mods for a car engine are as follows.

Internal work yields the biggest gains, head work like porting polishing and 3 angle valve jobs will maximise the airflow and raise the power.

If you want to go to the max then cryo treat the block, get it rebored and look into blueprinting and balancing as well.
Bigger valves are an obvious addon but not all engines are suitable as it depends how close together the OEM valves are.
A fast road cam will yield good power gains, especially in the top end of the rev range. Don't go mad though a profile of up to 270 degrees will give the best gains without the engine becoming cammy.

The most popular power mods are induction kits (which are questionable as power mods but they can sound nice if that is your sort of thing) and sports exhausts with sports catalysts or decats.

To keep the car legal I'd recommend a sports catalyst rather than a decat.

The last mod should always be a remap as this will allow you to fully realise the power gains on offer from your mods.

It's worth having a read of the articles on www.torquecars.com/tuning/ for more information on these mods and what the terms mean.

[mopack66]

thanks wayne.for advise for motor but thats the one thing i do already hav.i spent most of my savings on a motor,but now i hav no money to do much else.mostle junk year stuff. but thats where i need help. need to kn what will wrk for now till i cn upgrade. like what kind of springs as far as stocn control arms go that sort of thing. i hav a dug.herbert, built.557, so i kn iv got more then enough power.i dnt plan on opening it up right off,i wnt to get the car to go stright first an bite then i cn ease up on the juice.so if u cn help on that part ill b greatfull. or anyone else.advise will b thanked. thank u.