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Re: more and more fast small blocks
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01/07/12 08:39 PM
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there is a growing number of small blocks that fly at the track i thought i would never see that in so,cal it has aways been all about the big block 
kinda like that orange car with the 340 in it that you saw last week. i went home early on thursday, did you run koh?
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 09:17 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course. 
cough cough you mean predator dont you?
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 09:24 PM
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think it cuz of nascar parts comimg down to the sportman level which bbc do you mean
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: WHITEDART]
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01/07/12 09:28 PM
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think it cuz of nascar parts comimg down to the sportman level which bbc do you mean
BBChevy....can't deny they are the bread and butter of big block power.
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 09:39 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course.
That's fuuny....all my years around cars, I haven't seen very many "fast" BBCs. I've seen a number of aftermarket race engines CALLED BBCs that run well, but nothing that resembles a REAL BBC. I've seen REAL HEMIs and even a few good running 340s (my brother's in particular) THUMP the random BBC countless times. Heck, even I flattened multiple Dart 320/360 and "conventional" Brodix, or Edelbrock with my 499ci/440-1 Barracuda way back when. Seems none of em' could muster a low "nine" on muscle in a stock suspension streetcar in the early 90s. Kinda amazing when you consider the amount of R & D in those GMs, huh???
Come to think of it, SBCs with their 23* heads and stud rockers don't seem to run all that graet either......until you throw away most of the "chevy" and bring in the race aftermarket.
Of course nowadays, 500+cfm "chevy" heads are routinely CALLED conventional so I guess re-writing history is standard operating procedure.
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
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01/07/12 09:46 PM
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think it cuz of nascar parts comimg down to the sportman level which bbc do you mean [/quote,
the nascar guys have trickled lots of technology our way. I also think that since the small blocks carried on much further in production then the big blocks, the aftermarket support and technology is also more current. The BBC is the exception.
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 09:47 PM
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i herd that is what the ford guys found out 25+ year ago
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: jim sciortino]
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01/07/12 09:56 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course.
That's fuuny....all my years around cars, I haven't seen very many "fast" BBCs. I've seen a number of aftermarket race engines CALLED BBCs that run well, but nothing that resembles a REAL BBC. I've seen REAL HEMIs and even a few good running 340s (my brother's in particular) THUMP the random BBC countless times. Heck, even I flattened multiple Dart 320/360 and "conventional" Brodix, or Edelbrock with my 499ci/440-1 Barracuda way back when. Seems none of em' could muster a low "nine" on muscle in a stock suspension streetcar in the early 90s. Kinda amazing when you consider the amount of R & D in those GMs, huh???
Come to think of it, SBCs with their 23* heads and stud rockers don't seem to run all that graet either......until you throw away most of the "chevy" and bring in the race aftermarket.
Of course nowadays, 500+cfm "chevy" heads are routinely CALLED conventional so I guess re-writing history is standard operating procedure.
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I agree with almost everything you said... To make tons of power, aftermarket support is needed for all makes, and conventional parts get shelved.
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 10:16 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course.
That's fuuny....all my years around cars, I haven't seen very many "fast" BBCs. I've seen a number of aftermarket race engines CALLED BBCs that run well, but nothing that resembles a REAL BBC. I've seen REAL HEMIs and even a few good running 340s (my brother's in particular) THUMP the random BBC countless times. Heck, even I flattened multiple Dart 320/360 and "conventional" Brodix, or Edelbrock with my 499ci/440-1 Barracuda way back when. Seems none of em' could muster a low "nine" on muscle in a stock suspension streetcar in the early 90s. Kinda amazing when you consider the amount of R & D in those GMs, huh???
Come to think of it, SBCs with their 23* heads and stud rockers don't seem to run all that graet either......until you throw away most of the "chevy" and bring in the race aftermarket.
Of course nowadays, 500+cfm "chevy" heads are routinely CALLED conventional so I guess re-writing history is standard operating procedure.
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I agree with almost everything you said... To make tons of power, aftermarket support is needed for all makes, and conventional parts get shelved.
ALMOST EVERYTHING!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
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01/07/12 10:29 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course.
That's fuuny....all my years around cars, I haven't seen very many "fast" BBCs. I've seen a number of aftermarket race engines CALLED BBCs that run well, but nothing that resembles a REAL BBC. I've seen REAL HEMIs and even a few good running 340s (my brother's in particular) THUMP the random BBC countless times. Heck, even I flattened multiple Dart 320/360 and "conventional" Brodix, or Edelbrock with my 499ci/440-1 Barracuda way back when. Seems none of em' could muster a low "nine" on muscle in a stock suspension streetcar in the early 90s. Kinda amazing when you consider the amount of R & D in those GMs, huh???
Come to think of it, SBCs with their 23* heads and stud rockers don't seem to run all that graet either......until you throw away most of the "chevy" and bring in the race aftermarket.
Of course nowadays, 500+cfm "chevy" heads are routinely CALLED conventional so I guess re-writing history is standard operating procedure.
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I agree with almost everything you said... To make tons of power, aftermarket support is needed for all makes, and conventional parts get shelved.
ALMOST EVERYTHING!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Yeah almost...It's not the 90's anymore. 
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: hookNgone]
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01/07/12 10:46 PM
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The ford guys figured that out 25+ years ago. Ditching the big blocks to go fast is the answer....unless its a BBC of course.
That's fuuny....all my years around cars, I haven't seen very many "fast" BBCs. I've seen a number of aftermarket race engines CALLED BBCs that run well, but nothing that resembles a REAL BBC. I've seen REAL HEMIs and even a few good running 340s (my brother's in particular) THUMP the random BBC countless times. Heck, even I flattened multiple Dart 320/360 and "conventional" Brodix, or Edelbrock with my 499ci/440-1 Barracuda way back when. Seems none of em' could muster a low "nine" on muscle in a stock suspension streetcar in the early 90s. Kinda amazing when you consider the amount of R & D in those GMs, huh???
Come to think of it, SBCs with their 23* heads and stud rockers don't seem to run all that graet either......until you throw away most of the "chevy" and bring in the race aftermarket.
Of course nowadays, 500+cfm "chevy" heads are routinely CALLED conventional so I guess re-writing history is standard operating procedure.
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I agree with almost everything you said... To make tons of power, aftermarket support is needed for all makes, and conventional parts get shelved.
ALMOST EVERYTHING!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Yeah almost...It's not the 90's anymore.
I know....
That's why my both my smallblock Dart and HEMICUDA' streetcars are so much quicker than that Barracuda I had in the 90s.
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Re: more and more fast small blocks
[Re: Just-a-dart]
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01/08/12 03:08 AM
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There just might be another fast small block, in Southern California, very soon. 
Buckle your seatbelts, its gonna be a bumpy ride for a few of you.
Good deal. Can't wait to loose to ya
Hi Rod! I am really looking forward to coming out and having some fun with you guys. 
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i dont remeber the orange 340 car there was a bunch of big block stuff that just 
