yea i flip flopped a few times. i had some issues with aquiring hemi stuff and got pissed. splurged on a 440 and found out its not strong enough to handle my intentions. so i backed up and thought about it long and hard. looking over rules for races and classes. and this is where it ended. with an lsx motor.
Actually I look at this as "good-natured" baiting, but T/F the reason for prices being stupid expensive is that there is no where near the market for Mopars. Back when, brand preference was a result of what the mfr's put out into the market place. Then the circuses came to town and NHRA and Nascar wanted to level the playing field and started to handy-cap the Mopars. This did not create "arrogence" as you put it, but it did create a lot of resentment. The last post where you are looking for tubs kinda sums it up....don't get me wrong, as I am not much of a fabricator either and would be looking for pre fabbed tub's also, but if you search this site you will find all sorts of links where the members built their own. I'm sure your car will run like a banshee and look forward to this build....but...I heard a great one-liner from a forum member (C.B. don't want to plegerize...) but, "Back in the day I raced Chevy's to support my Mopar habit". Grasshopper - figure that one out, and you will start to understand the Mopar brethern here on FABO's.
to late for that. i allready cut out all the tub totally. i was hoping for some fabbed tubs for maximum clearance for a very low and wide tire room.
when its done we can meet up and see whos faster for some change if you would like? i doubt many would be able to run with it without some massive amount of money in their mopars to even think about touching the et's im after. your 9-10, but probably 12 second car isnt going to cut it.
now if we could see some solid roller lifters for one we maybe in buisness, but stronger rockers are still needed for a decent price beside the big tags ive seen so far. i think harland sharp has came out with some, but ive yet to see them.
hey the chebby is ixnaid for the hemilade. im running hemi now now chebby trickery anymore. i decided(with the wifes support of course)to go with what i wanted all along, a hemi. so im accually shopping for an aluminum block now. indys max block is a nice piece, but dont know if its 2000hp+ nice. from what ive been reading they worked with keith black on there blocks so it should be sturdy.and at 4300 and change thats a hell of a buy fully machined besides finish honed cylinders all else is done. i should own one by july/august.:cheers:
