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Re: Turbo Junk

To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>,
Subject: Re: Turbo Junk
From: "David Haller" <dhaller@techline.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 20:36:11 -0700
So tell me, what is the process of building a 370 inch big block or even a
305?
Dave Haller #93
-----Original Message-----
From: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
<dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com>; land-speed@autox.team.net
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, October 02, 1999 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo Junk


>A 370 cid "C" or a 431 cid "B" big block are not to hard to build and
>actualy cheeper in the long run than any small block that will take big HP
>numbers. But a 305 cid BB would really be trick.
>
>John Beckett
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 7:09 PM
>Subject: Re: Turbo Junk
>
>
>>Show's your thinking.... yeah I already looked at the Big Block stuff....
>>and yeah it's not to bad.....Already checked into redoing the rear end to
>>stand it....
>>
>>Twin's are better then singles and about the same price (sorta ) and I
>>think I learned some more today... Wow what a learning curve... reminds me
>>of my first race last year when I was walking around looking for someone
to
>>check my plugs....  (always nice to reflect on where you been)
>>
>>Don't forget the Firesuit and so on.... ain't nothing bout this
>>Cheap...Except Ole Ed's midnight raiding of the ICE MACHINES..... you know
>>I think I will just have to be Security and steal it back!
>>
>>Keith
>>
>>----------
>>> From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Turbo Junk
>>> Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 5:13 AM
>>>
>>> hey keith, if its horsepower (and ultimately speed) youre looking for,
>>why
>>> not step up to a rat motor, it would be a very easy conversion for your
>>> camaro, the engines are more "bulletproof", parts are readily available,
>>> and for a targeted horsepower the overall engine package would be alot
>>> simpler, and probably cheaper.
>>>
>>> - then again, why not a twin turbo rat ? - careful !!!
>>> regards,
>>> doug ferguson
>>> black radon engineering
>>>
>>> p.s.- dont forget the drivetrain's integrity and the cost to make it
>>> capable of handling high horsepower safely - more $$$
>>>
>>>
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