Big Block FORD VRS. Big Block CHEVY "LOOK THESE FACTS OVER"

[scottie K]

I guess the advantage of having a chevy is the parts are cheap, the factory parts are strong , i

you compaired a 520ci incher (ford that made 750 plus hp witch is way repectable) what did it cost?

example our chevy 540 is ( 100% pump gas ) 11.5 -1comp the heads have no porting ,360 top pro line ( 1800.00) cam is 760 lift
it made 867hp / tq 773 for under 10k 9800.00 to date 3400 lb street car 8.49@161 on a med tune on hp it runs 9.70s@141

[DynoTom]

Scotty, I respect you and your car ...


I'm glad you did not take all this as a personal thing since it did seem like a "Chevy Bash" at first.....


My idea here was just to show that a BBF can run pretty good with exsisting aftermarket parts......



No doubt a BBC is a FUGGIN GREAT DESIGN but, like HITMAN said we all have are preferences.....Mine is BBF, Hitman goes BBM and Scotty rolls BBC.......Cars and HP are a great hobby......We can all have fun going fast and if we do it with different designs that is what makes it "our way" and fun....



Scotty, the Summit 520 engine is a lot like mine......I do run a higher compression ratio of 13.5 to 1 and a little more cam,better set up carb and bigger headers but, overall it's a fairly cheap engine combo to do up.....

[HITMAN]

Older A-460's heads were not that great , the redesign ones are quite a bit better.....I would bet the heads you seen at C & S back then were Stan's???


Stan runs a BBF Thunderbird around here.....I know he has a all aluminum BBF now but, I don't know what the details on it are.....


C-460's are pretty pricey and need shaft rockers that make them cost even more.....One guy around here runs C-460's on a 605 CID that goes 7.80's N/A in a pretty heavy car....


Yea, like I said I'm not trying to or going to change anybodys mind on what they run but, I was just trying to show what's out there for the BBF since there is quite a bit of parts in the aftermarket for them.....



Today up at the engine shop I seen a 500 plus inch Mopar Hemi with a Ray Barton cross ram on it.....I will take some pics of it and post them @ BCM in a few days.....That was one BADD AZZ LOOKIN MOWTA !!!!

Oh, I've known Stan Bartol a long time. His was the first car that I was ever in that was running N2O. Fun stuff, that giggle gas. That was back around 1990/'91...

That T-Bird of his is one fast MFer, but that engine is pretty close to 600 CID. I think it's a 598 ??? The cool thing about his car is it's such a cream-puff comfort wagon compared to some of the guys around here that claim street car status, but have strictly business interiors. Big motor aside, Stan's car is far more appealing than most race cars. I like it.

Ray Barton = Hemi God. Take a look at who's got the record in SS/A or SS/AA. It's most likely got a Barton Hemi in it.

[DynoTom]

Hitman, I want to do the same type of thing Stan did with his car....I really want to keep my car a full interior and not have it scream "race car".....I will put way more " street time " on my car than it will ever see at the track so that comfort stuff is really important.....Plus, I think the cops might "leave ya be" a little more than a fully decked out ,stickered up, lexan windowed car would passing by them....

[HITMAN]

Scotty, I respect you and your car ...


I'm glad you did not take all this as a personal thing since it did seem like a "Chevy Bash" at first.....


My idea here was just to show that a BBF can run pretty good with exsisting aftermarket parts......



No doubt a BBC is a FUGGIN GREAT DESIGN but, like HITMAN said we all have are preferences.....Mine is BBF, Hitman goes BBM and Scotty rolls BBC.......Cars and HP are a great hobby......We can all have fun going fast and if we do it with different designs that is what makes it "our way" and fun....



Scotty, the Summit 520 engine is a lot like mine......I do run a higher compression ratio of 13.5 to 1 and a little more cam,better set up carb and bigger headers but, overall it's a fairly cheap engine combo to do up.....

Actually I'm into Fords these days, but not big blocks. My engine of choice is about half the size (or smaller) of some of these things. But my RWHP is only about 70 shy of what Scotty's 540 made on nuts. Through cast iron manifolds. Mine runs on pump gas too...

[DynoTom]

But my RWHP is only about 70 shy of what Scotty's 540 made on nuts. Through cast iron manifolds. Mine runs on pump gas too...

Daaaayyyyyyyyyum ! !

[HITMAN]

Hitman, I want to do the same type of thing Stan did with his car....I really want to keep my car a full interior and not have it scream "race car".....I will put way more " street time " on my car than it will ever see at the track so that comfort stuff is really important.....Plus, I think the cops might "leave ya be" a little more than a fully decked out ,stickered up, lexan windowed car would passing by them....

Yeah, the race-car-only garbage gets old. Whatever I do to my Cobra, I'll NEVER sacrifice the comfort options that car came with. If that means it ends up slower than it could otherwise be, then so-be-it. My power seats are comfy, my air blows cold, the heat blows hot, the rear window defroster works great, the 6cd changer stereo sounds good, the power windows and locks are nice, the brakes can actually slow the car from triple digit speeds more than once every half hour, and it can even go around corners at higher than idle speeds. It ain't the fastest, but it does what I need it to do. Now if I can just get my shifting to be consistant...

[HITMAN]

Daaaayyyyyyyyyum ! !

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