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BB versus SB
#188992
01/09/09 11:42 PM
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Since this got started on another post,I thought "why not" What are some of the reasons you guys run what you run? Big block=almost unlimited cubic inch potential,easier to get higher flowing heads,etc. Small block=more compact,easier to fit in smaller engine bays,lighter,etc. By the way ,to Vic,I am nowhere near jumping ship on my big block. I've yet to see a good reason.  (how's that?)
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: Dunnuck Racing]
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01/09/09 11:46 PM
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LOL, I see Don pulled your chain a little  I like my little small block but I have been building a big block(trying) for a couple of years... just to help keep the front end down 
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: Dunnuck Racing]
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01/09/09 11:55 PM
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383man
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Well for me it is real easy. One reason is my budget limits me to very mild builds so I wanted the extra torque of the bigblock for my 63 B-body. And I like the original type of look and we all know a smallblock dont look like a Max Wedge. Ron
Last edited by 383man; 01/09/09 11:56 PM.
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: 383man]
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01/10/09 12:12 AM
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Room for my cubic inch equalizers!
65 Barracuda
All aluminum Indy HEMI with some boost!
COMING TO A TRACK NEAR YOU!
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: instigator]
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01/10/09 12:23 AM
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Engine bay fit, ground clearance, lighter weight, just a plain better set up for a mild street car.
Big block A bodies are cool too, but once you get everything crammed in the engine bay, the headers hang low and they usually don't make that great of street cars.
-Dustin
67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi
68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: BB versus SB
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01/10/09 12:31 AM
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To cook Pork roast pre-heat oven @ 400 degrees , when timer goes off turn oven down to 275 and put roast in uncovered season well ( I like natures seasoning made by Morton) When heat gets down to 275 cover roast and cook it for about 25 minutes per lb when there is 1 hours 20 minutes left , toss on some equal sized potatoes and leave cover on, remove roaster and let sit for about 20 minutes , its perfect every time side dish of favorite vegtable is your choice 
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: SKR8PN]
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01/10/09 12:34 AM
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Engine bay fit, ground clearance, lighter weight, just a plain better set up for a mild street car.
Big block A bodies are cool too, but once you get everything crammed in the engine bay, the headers hang low and they usually don't make that great of street cars.
BS.......that is why GOD invented the Sawsall and the Plasma cutter.
My car gets driven year round, and I live in Seattle where it rains 260 days a year. When's the last time that trailer queen of yours got driven in the rain?  
-Dustin
67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi
68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: BB versus SB
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01/10/09 01:11 AM
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As told to me , bigger the better the tighter the sweater
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: bigdad]
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01/10/09 01:27 AM
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You silly old men trying to compensate for something? with names like "bigdad" seems like you have the need to try and represent something you might have lost since your youth ....  The car even has a back seat that gets used. And even with 5 people, the car never scraped header or anything else. Gotta love those little blocks.  and working wipers! This was on the way home from the race track after our points race got rained out.  I will say, even if the car was race only, with limited street use such as your cars, I would still run a small block just so when I do beat up on ya, It would feel that much better!!!!!
-Dustin
67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi
68 Barracuda 340 F/SA
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Re: BB versus SB
[Re: Dunnuck Racing]
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01/10/09 01:33 AM
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What are some of the reasons you guys run what you run?
Like most irrational, mentally unstable, small block Mopar guys, I don't have
any good reasons......and because of the traits previously stated, I don't
need any. How's that?
Seriously, I'm just a small block guy. I'd be an idiot to say
they are better in an all out race engine but, I just don't
have any intrest in big blocks. In fact, I wouldn't trade a
340 for five 440s but, that's just me.
I think it's the challenge. 
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