[misfit41]

UMMM,
Steelcomp,,I have to admit I was all set up to really dislike you,,your new here,,just a few days actually,,and you find fun in digging at what many of us love,,deeply actually,but for some strange reason your last thread,the one where you were replying to yourself,{I understand that,sometimes I am just about to burst I wanna say something so badly}I started to like you a bit,,just a bit,maybe because I agree with a lot of what you said.
I have never built a 700 hp engine,the one I have now made 622 at 6600 , I was there to see,and hear that,honestly though,when timed so it starts,and jetted so it dosent burn your eyes,it is closer to 575,but with 430 cubes and pump gas,I can live with that.
The engine I am starting now should hit between 650 and 700,but I am shooting for 650 lbs of torque,the hp number can fall where it may,I dont care.
Maybe I just love em,it could be the sound,I am not ALL that old,but I still remember being at salem motor speedway,when maybe 15 percent of the field was 427's,the rest mixed between BBC and a chrysler or two ,and a few very slow 429's,it was sort of funny,but when the fe's passed the covered area of the stands,everyones hands went over their ears,as the ad says,,"Priceless" .
I have read all the numbers,and spent more than I can admit on old car mags,to go along with all the new,the fe heads seem to flow equal to{or better than} anything I have seen,{ever study a yates sbf head ?DUH}barring maybe hemi's,which were wonderful,although someone said the bottom ends were like an fe,I assume however they never weighed a rod and piston,weight of the rotating assembly was the death of the hemi,anyway,,cube for cube,,old tech versus old tech,oh what ta hell,forget old tech,just v-8 s cube for cube,and no funny stuff,,power adders ,etc,and forget the price,,money dosent mean anything,,whats better ? if any one could have anything they wanted ,,it's hard to believe the top choice wouldnt be an alloy shelby,,what ?,500 or so cubes and maybe 640 hp ? wow,,I can hear it now,,I had a wicked 455 olds ,,1970,made big noise and was good for picking up girls,,but not so much on guts,the pontiac sd's were hot too,and My uncle still races stage ones,they scream,but with all things equal,,neither is even close to the torque and flexibility of an fe,, .
All in all,,everything had its time,I shudder to think,as you say "what if" ford had continued a racing program,what if 427's were actually a production street car engine,but we will never know,,I know I am going to catch hell for this,,but please,,,read my post,and show me facts,prove me wrong and I will stand corrected,,sweet dreams,,Tim