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when i ran a small block
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08/14/13 10:05 PM
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WHITEDART
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when I was running the dart. a lot of the old timers thought it had a hemi or a big block. when I opened the hood to show them a small block they did not even want to talk to me  maybe because it was faster than there 11 or 12 sec 500+ cid big block 727 turd  now that I have racing the BIG BLOCK GTX o by the way 10.90 turd these guys want to be friends now  has any buddy experience this type of behavior from the old time big block club 
In the 8s N/A.with Brett miller W8's
5.07 at 133 at 2700lb
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Re: when i ran a small block
[Re: WHITEDART]
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08/14/13 10:20 PM
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Yes from from the ford and chevy guys also. I have to raise the hood to show them I am not spraying it.
1.33 60 ft,6.21 at 110.59 in the 1/8, pump gas small block,2950lbs,drag radials,mufflers and driven to track ...
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Re: when i ran a small block
[Re: challengermike]
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08/15/13 12:52 PM
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Between a rock & a hard place
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There is a guy at our local track that has a 440 Duster that goes mid 11's and he and I have been track buddies for several years...nice guy.
When he first saw the Duster run (first night out) he walks up to me after a 10.3-something lap and says "Now there ya go, put a big block in there, huh?" I say no, just a mild 416 with iron heads. He laughed and looked at me like I was nuts.
At the trailer, I see him and his buddies walking over and yes we had the hood off and yes, he left with his feelings hurt. So much so that I've seen him at the track many times since and he won't even look at me let alone talk to me.
I've had several make the comments that it "just cannot" be a small block. Once after a lap a guy walks by the car and gives me a dirty look after peeking between the fenders. Found out that they had just run a 9.98 for the first time. In a back halfed, light weight, fiberglass, lexan, etc...Valiant with a 500" Indy head motor. Anyone that would listen to him, he was 100% positive we had Nitrous on the car. "No f-ing way" he said about "that thing" going that fast without it.
People are so funny...
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 05:53 PM
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And I thought I was alone with my experiences.
Try running 8.0's against a field full of BB Mopars with either nitrous, blown alcohol, or supercharged with the only car with all the stock chrome, glass, trim. The new guys would run over to see and then go tell their friends that you had a million dollars in your motor or whatever BS they could make up as the excuse for you kicking their ARS. Even the Mopar magazine editers would make up BS to make out like you were doing something over the top to run the numbers.
Leon
Career best 8.02 @ 169 at 3050# and 10" tires small block power.
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 06:02 PM
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I owned a 340 once before too, I used it to crank over my 440  To answer your question I'm not really sure, I prefer big blocks but Mopar power is Mopar power.
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Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 06:12 PM
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NICE!.............Tell us more.........weight, heads cam etc........... 
1970 duster, 2600+ pounds, a set of Edelbrock heads he ported himself while Tom Hemphile gave him pointers, SOLID LIFTER cam, tunnel ram with two 750 holley, powerglide with 1.80 gear set, 14-32's, not sure on cubic inch but its under 500 and a stock block. He's almost always in the 8.80-9.00's at an average 1400-2400 corrected alt track.
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1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 06:32 PM
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NICE!.............Tell us more.........weight, heads cam etc...........
1970 duster, 2600+ pounds, a set of Edelbrock heads he ported himself while Tom Hemphile gave him pointers, SOLID LIFTER cam, tunnel ram with two 750 holley, powerglide with 1.80 gear set, 14-32's, not sure on cubic inch but its under 500 and a stock block. He's almost always in the 8.80-9.00's at an average 1400-2400 corrected alt track.
BAD AZZ....................How fast would my 9.79 translate to at that weight by chance.......... 
72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 06:39 PM
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when I was running the dart. a lot of the old timers thought it had a hemi or a big block. when I opened the hood to show them a small block they did not even want to talk to me maybe because it was faster than there 11 or 12 sec 500+ cid big block 727 turd now that I have racing the BIG BLOCK GTX o by the way 10.90 turd these guys want to be friends now has any buddy experience this type of behavior from the old time big block club
Boy, if you only knew how much that post is right in my wheelhouse....lol
Gary (Unlawfl) and I used to have some epic smallblock/bigblock threads on here. Many of the old timers I am sure remember them.
For about 4 seasons I raced in a ten flat shootout points series up at Mid Michigan Motorplex( Stanton). Very competitive bunch of guys in that class, stock suspension, no ladder or 4 link, 12 measured inches of DOT or a ten inch slick allowed, mufflers required yada, yada on a 4 tenths pro tree.
There were usually about 18-22 cars show up. In the 4 years I raced in it, there were a total of 3 small block cars. Myself, a 434 Nova, and a firebird with a 383 smallblock stroker and a blower.All the rest were all big blocks. That is a pretty good sampling size, as cars kinda came and went that didn't consistently go rounds over those years. There was a 200 pound weight break I got being smallblock N/A, but my car weighed 50 pounds over what a N/A big block was required to weigh for the class.
Lot of doggy, and shaggy, cut up, lightened big blocks out there, even crammed into A bodies that are cut up and still run mid tens or worse. Its not unusual at all, its WAY the norm 
69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight
418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam
Best so far, 10.40 @127 1/4
1.41 best 60 foot
6.60 at 103.90 1/8
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Re: when i ran a small block
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08/15/13 06:41 PM
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NICE!.............Tell us more.........weight, heads cam etc...........
1970 duster, 2600+ pounds, a set of Edelbrock heads he ported himself while Tom Hemphile gave him pointers, SOLID LIFTER cam, tunnel ram with two 750 holley, powerglide with 1.80 gear set, 14-32's, not sure on cubic inch but its under 500 and a stock block. He's almost always in the 8.80-9.00's at an average 1400-2400 corrected alt track.
BAD AZZ....................How fast would my 9.79 translate to at that weight by chance..........
The old 100 pounds equals .010 works out pretty good if the car hooks.
1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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