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Old 02-11-2010, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by blykins View Post
BTW, you never did answer my question.
Extra horsepower is nice, but I wouldn't trade my solid flat tappet for an extra 25 or even 50 horsepower if it meant losing my SFT. Now suppose I came to you and said "Brent, I have a side oiler block and I want you to bore and stroke it to these specs" and then I give you a bore value that we both know is deep in to the danger zone. And I say "Brent, just build it... I'll assume all the risk of it breaking." You wouldn't build it for me?

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