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Re: SBC geometry

To: rgribble <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>
Subject: Re: SBC geometry
From: Doug Odom <popms@thegrid.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:05:56 -0800
    Dave, Your right, we made 403 to 411 at 6500rpm.   427 fords made 575 to 
595 at
6500rpm. 426 hemi made 615 to 630 at 6500rpm in those days.   Doug

Dave Dahlgren wrote:

> I nver said the hemi was the way to go... Not me not now not ever..
> I bet the Ford guys did write the rules LOL..
> i also bet you can judge the relative amount of power you engine has by the 
>size
> of the rod bolts and how long they lasted.. That 301 if it was like most had
> 11/32 rod bolts and some mightly skinny rods.. I also seriously doubt if it 
>ever
> made 2 hp per inch or anything even close to that..
> Dave
>
> Doug Odom wrote:
> >
> >     Wes, The fastest 283 chevy's we ever ran were bored out to 4.00". I 
>guess
> > that does make them 302's      lol    Doug Odom in big ditch
> >
> > W S Potter wrote:
> >
> > > Or the guys who set the Trans-Am rules drove Fords.
> > > Wes
> > >
>
> > > > In a message dated 11/28/2002 8:53:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > << Yeah, Dave knows what he's talking about. "D" motors are supposed to 
>be
> > > > built out of 300 inch Chrysler Hemis ! ! >>

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