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ou claim: "You will never EVER compete in real (read heads up) competition when you have an engine based on less than 1.0 bore/stroke ratio. And 1.0 is the bare MINIMUM. It's just stupid."......I did not change or twist anything....just wondering what others think about that....


I will be the first to admit, when Monte and Tim (mad scientist) speak, I shut my pie hole and try to learn something. There are others here who's opinion I respect, as well, but the list is getting shorter when they get chased off. Tim has done some sweet port work for me, and I used to work and hang at the shop he worked at. No one that knew him ever doubted his knowledge, talent or experience. So he is lightyears beyond where I will ever be, as now I just run what people like him research and develop. The same goes for Marsh, Monte, Best, Sunset Racecraft, Huntsville, ETC.
That's what this post is about. When people of this caliber take the time to impart their hard earned knowledge, it's best to just STFU and listen. You might even learn something.



Well, if you respect and listen to him sooooo much,....
why did you build what HE would call, a "stupid" and "geometrically retarded" engine....and you are in search of another Mopar block...and you want to build a 4.7 bore x 5.5 minimum stroke engine that he would really classify as "stupid" and "geometrically retarded".....??

Tim and Monte appear to be at opposite ends on their engine beliefs.....Monte says he can and has won in heads up races with what Tim describes as "stupid" and "geometrically retarded" engines...that will Never EVER win....

It's understandably puzzling....



DUDE, REALLY?

Tom built what he had, to meet a gaol. He's not there yet, but close. I'm not opposed to doing what Tom did, when you have NO CHOICE. If he had other choices we could talk about that. Choices for Chrysler guy are virtually NON EXISTENT.

So, since as I understand it, you don't race anything, or build anything, I will you a fact. Delay boxes, throttle stops, trick heads and camshafts, big displacement, small displacement, power glides, 5 speeds, clutches...none of that wins races. Great racers find a way to win races with what they have. That's why guys like Tom, Monte, Ken Heard, Butch Shook, Tory Lea, Jeff Marshall and the like win races. Because they are GREAT racers. They win. It's that simple. Now, qualifying at a heads up race and being competitive is a much tougher deal.


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PS...I went old school NW heavy hitters with some of those names there didn't I? Glad to say I know them all. Not that they would claim me..........................

Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston