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Topic: 351c-Strip Dominator vs Blue Thunder
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f100cleveland
Gearhead Posts: 328
From: St. James, MN
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-28-2004 12:35 PM
   
Right now I'm running a Blue Thunder dual plane intake and was thinking about going to a Holley Strip Dominator. Now with my lower gears, it doesn't sit down low for very long at all. My torque converter is stalling at about 4000 rpms now, so I dont see why I Strip Dominator wouldn't be a big improvement since my usable RPM band would be like 4000-7100. What do you guys think?------------------
1982 Ford F100 2wd Shortbox. Powered by a 357 Cleveland w/ closed chamber 4v's. Full Roller c-6 trans and 4.86 geared Detroit Locker equipped 9" rear. www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/displayalbum.php?&albumid=13034
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 6220
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-28-2004 12:49 PM
I think (my opinion) the Strip Dominator intake works best with a minimum rpm of 5500. You might lose a substantial amount right off the line (down low) since your your convertor only stalls 4000. But the only way to tell is to try it. If you have a Strip Dominator intake avialable, I would swap them and find out.
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clevelandstyle
Gearhead Posts: 1098
From: Connersville, IN
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-28-2004 02:11 PM
I've never tried a Blue Thunder, but I switched from a Torker to a Strip Dominator and I slowed down. My converter was 4900rpm and I shifted at 6500, so I wasn't really in the RPM range of the Strip Dominator. Most of my ET loss was in the first 60 feet. I even swapped to a lower gear to recover some 60', but it didn't come back until I put the Torker back on.
I'm with Kid, you would need more converter to get off the line.
If you have a dominator, try it, but if not I wouldn't spend the money right now until you have the rest of the combo to match it.
I'm now using a stroker and my converter is 5500rpm . The Dominator is working good with this combo.------------------
Ben
Grabber Green '70 Mach I 351C 4V
Robbin Egg Blue '79 Fairmont 408C 4V, best time to date is 10.50 best MPH 127
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73torinoqcode
Gearhead Posts: 403
From: Buffalo,NY,USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 11-28-2004 07:47 PM
Might be interested in the BT if you sell it to go with the Dommy.
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