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[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Rod,
NEVER ignore a BS attempt when you see one...

My car is 2650 wet-his is at least that (I'm being charitable) with an extra bar, heavier wheels and tires and "tons of aluminum" as he blathers (missing the oxymoron).

At your weight your p/w ratio is 3.5-mine is 4.8. At 500 pounds less, that's like adding 100+ HP. With Nittos or M/T's you can easily run 10.3's all day.

You should do that Dude...

Only pointing out the weight discrepancy, due to Patrick's inadequate estimates, because I kinda like picking on Patrick. That's all.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

My car is 2650 wet-his is at least that (I'm being charitable) with an extra bar, heavier wheels and tires and "tons of aluminum" as he blathers (missing the oxymoron).

I just pulled the results of the "weigh day" we had three years ago. With me not in the car, the weight was 2651 with a half tank of gas and the top and a small satchel of tools in the trunk. Had I known yours would tun out to be a pound lighter I would have drained my tank that morning.

EDIT -- The official chart says I was 2653. I could have still beat you had I just had one less gallon of gas in the car.

[silverline]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Silverline's build is very similar to mine. He didn't mention whether he was going to put an aluminum flywheel or not. It's just one school of thinking on what to put in these cars. Bigger is not always better, more is not always preferable. Rod's car is probably 10% lighter than mine and he has >10% more power than I have (and hydro v. solid, too) and I think we both run Yokos.

Aluminum flywheel.

With the heavier Pond block (had a 390 stroker in it before) my cobra weighs approx. 2.750 lbs. A Pond aluminum block would be very nice, but with historical registration here in germany not the way to go.

[xlr8or]

As Rodknock noted I had the Genesis iron block in my Kirkham. The only problem I had with it was the screw in freeze plugs didn't seal up the first time and dribbled a little. Mine was a 468 because I got it as a package deal with the block and it ran great. No complaints at all.