dangfiat
Member
Hi All,
I've just bought myself a 1967 500F (yay!) to keep my '66 Riley Elf company - apparently I'm an automotive minimalist!!
It's still on the truck, but it does have a stock Polish 650 already installed. I'm starting to look at options for what I can do to hop the motor up a bit. Nothing too overboard, looking at 595ss or 695 type performance (about 40hp?)
A couple of questions:
1. Head: Which head is best? What mods do people typically do (valves, porting, etc)? Is there a vendor that sells modified heads?
2. Carb: Read through a million posts, still somewhat confused as to which carb is best for a hot(ish) 650-700
3. Compression ratio? I'm in California, so figure to shoot for 9.5:1 or so
4. Cam: I see a few profiles (80/40, 75/35, etc). Which is best for a tractable street car
I've looked through the forums and am starting to get an idea of what to do, but would be very grateful if the knowledgable folks here could weigh in!
Many thanks
Daniel
also: here's a pic of my car! So excited! Looking forward to joining the community
I've just bought myself a 1967 500F (yay!) to keep my '66 Riley Elf company - apparently I'm an automotive minimalist!!
It's still on the truck, but it does have a stock Polish 650 already installed. I'm starting to look at options for what I can do to hop the motor up a bit. Nothing too overboard, looking at 595ss or 695 type performance (about 40hp?)
A couple of questions:
1. Head: Which head is best? What mods do people typically do (valves, porting, etc)? Is there a vendor that sells modified heads?
2. Carb: Read through a million posts, still somewhat confused as to which carb is best for a hot(ish) 650-700
3. Compression ratio? I'm in California, so figure to shoot for 9.5:1 or so
4. Cam: I see a few profiles (80/40, 75/35, etc). Which is best for a tractable street car
I've looked through the forums and am starting to get an idea of what to do, but would be very grateful if the knowledgable folks here could weigh in!
Many thanks
Daniel
also: here's a pic of my car! So excited! Looking forward to joining the community