Thread: What costs so much on a $14,000 engine??
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Old 01-22-2004, 04:40 PM
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OOOOOH Boy!
I feel another REAL vs Replica argument brewing.

As I recall wern't the ZL1 motors introduced in '69 and wern't they 427's rated at 550 hp but rumored to be more like 600 hp.

So it seems to me that a 510 hp 454 zl1 is not a real ZL1 but a fake, copy, replica motor and also not as good

also isn't Chevy making a 500 something cube crate motor w/720 hp?
seems to me like that would be the GRANDADDY chevy crate motor .

anyway as I am learning the hard way Ford FE motors are way more expensive to build up than Chevys and that simply comes down to supply and demand.

Have a good one,
Dan
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