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Scott:
"Copy cat syndrome"; that's good. In the real world, there's a lot of cross breeding that goes on. I can detail a lot of SBF design features that have been incorporated into the SBC. As for Chinese parts, we seem to be inflicted with them no matter what we buy, but the parts are designed here at home. As for the SBF getting closer to the SBC the more competitive it gets, seems like the scenario is they get closer to each other. Air is no respecter of engines. And don't ignore the GenFord Chevy.

Short track racing! Great, that's what I cut my teeth on; super modifieds and sprint cars. I went from flatheads to Ford's original boat anchor, the 292, and won. Our 292 won many races while the SBC's were chucking rods out the sides of the blocks. But things turned around when the Chevy guys got the handle on reliability. The SBC became the engine of choice. It gave you what was needed: power and reliability at a reasonable cost.

Ran a lot of Chevys in late models, too. Also set a Salt Flats record in a SBC powered Monza. But the most fun was in '69 and '70 T/A series with the Boss Mustangs when I was at KarKraft. Nothing resembling Chevy here. Too bad we were forced to use expermental batteries, which lost us the series championship. Bub Moore was livid because Parnelli and George in their Mustangs could do the job on Mark in his Camaro.

You can go back and forth on the Ford vs. Chevy thing, but while we're at it watch out for the Japanese. Regardless, the arguments and healthy. Help to keep the marques alive. Just hope Ford and GM survive.