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Originally Posted by Marv D
It's just a matter of cubic dollars.
Street 'legal' but compression dictates c-12 fuel,, At $11.50 a gallon and about 4 miles to the gallon (unless I stick my foot in it) It doesn't see much daily driving. Truck 3550 with steamroller tires, 434 SBC n/a 10.6's @ 118 in street trim, (mufflers and DOT's) in 3500-4000' air
No street time at all..
2680 pound Nova, n/a 434, single carb, 9.1's @ 148 in 1500' air.
(800HP cost a litle more to buld than the 660HP, by ohhh about $10k)
There is a point where going fast with a small block is purely ego driven. Just proving that you 'can',,, not that it's a smart choice. Same investiment in a pigblock would be in the mid 8's or quicker.
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I agree with you completely I'm just wondering what some of the guys on the board are running with small blocks. I've seen some of these iron horses run some pretty respectable numbers with pump gas small blocks. buddy of a buddy of mine ran consistant mid-low 11's with a pump gas 383 on 125hp of nitrous in a 88-98 ext cab. Another buddy of mine has went best of 10.90 in an old ford pick up w/ a pump gas 306 and some nitrous. I'm always interested to see how big anchors with small motors can hurt a few feelings either in the other lane or simply by lighting up the scoreboard with respectable figures!!!