gbauer,
well I hope its a friendly hijack - what strikes me is this is kind of a "build a budget inline and measure its performance" thread as you, me, and mshaw (at least) are all doing that - all with a powerglide so far!

I don't know if the Gonkulator is fabled or not, but it is pretty well regarded over on fordfe.com (in fact that is where it got named the Gonkulator). I started writing it almost 40 years ago, about the same time Dynosim and a few others did. I have not put it in a user-friendly form but it is an engine/driveline/dragrace program like others.

So I use it on a few forums, make predictions to help, and in return appreciate the real world data that folks go out and get, whether stopwatch or timeslip. So I appreciate mshaws stopwatch data and yours too when you get it!


Well last fall I made some of those predictions for your ride-

https://www.inliners.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=81951&page=all

Got as far as 228hp with 9.5cr, lump port, valves, and a mild 194-204 cam
2.62
11.00 at 68.3
16.87 at 82.7
I did not Gonkulate a 200-4r, will have to go back and do that.
On my own car, the Gonk said almost a full second quicker vs that doggy powerglide.