Any 10 second "All Throttle" 318's in door cars ?
I know you didn't quote me, but I was the one that prompted him to make that statement.
I guess in the simplest terms, to me a "race engine" would be something built with the narrow focus of track use only.
Since I started the tangent, I though it was fair to clarify what I was thinking of.
I appreciate your views. But, they are your views. I would suggest what I think is a race engine is far different than what you’d consider.
In fact, I suspect that what I call a basic street/strip (with very little focus on the strip part) engine would probably fall into your definition of a race engine.
And that’s the problem with every discussion of this type.
I don’t consider anything under 12:1 a race engine. That’s pump gas territory.
I think if you are building a street/strip engine and you aren’t at .580 lift you are pissing power away.
A 9 inch converter is a STREET/strip converter. Not a race piece.
IMO, the 4.56 may be the PERFECT street/strip gear.
So it can be clearly seen when guys start talking about 10’s and “street” I have to laugh, as some of those guys think the Air Gap is the best street/strip intake ever. It’s not. Not even close IF you understand what you are doing with a Strip Dominator. It will KILL the AG all day long.
Again, just my opinions but I have been doing this **** since 1980 and I’ve spent way too much of my life at dragstrips, circle tracks, MX **** to know what doesn’t work.