My small block is .600 lift with crane golds, beehive springs and is street reliable.

As reliable as the .630-.650 lift solids we've been running in our big blocks have been, I'll likely never go smaller again.

Nines in the dog days of summer requires 9.60 capability in mine shaft conditions.


My Dad's Challenger is an old school example, but it had parts that made it a little more difficult than it has to be now.

Stock stroke 440, Indy SR heads with 1.5 crane golds (non-offset) Indy intake 10.50 dominator. 2 1/8 headers (likely too big) and the Hughes STL6872.
We ported the roofs of the SR heads to match the max wedge intake, but left the width alone. The car had a 2.03 low gear set glide, and a 5200 stall converter. With a 4.56 gear and 29.5-11.5 slicks, it was animal, running 9.60-9.70 in the 137 range.

Alas Dad wanted low tens, and a car that didn't move around on the track, so we put in 4.10's and 14X32 slicks. He was happy, his four sons...not so much. That motor would absolutely come alive from 6400 to 7200...fun stuff. Memory serves, with Dad aboard that car was around 2850 though.