Originally posted by erik erikson
First of all who has a 4,000 lbs. car?My last bracket-car with a bbc and a glide only weighed 3,100 with me in it.A small cubic inch sbc 400 or less cubes will require a lot more work?The problem is everyone I know tries to turn their sbc to 9,000 or more r.p.m.'s and I would throttle stop my old 598 at 6,200 and the only up keep after racing every weeked the entire summer was I would run the valves every other weekend.The guy's with the sbc's where putting in new valve springs every month and running their valves every race.
I don't know who has the 4000 pound big block car, Pat brought it up!!!! I'm the one who had the small block car that weighed 2800 and change. The new car will be at least a couple hundred pounds lighter!!!!

Oh, by the way, I don't run small block chebbies either..... I shift my big block and small block Fords at 7200. The small blocks are a lot cheaper to build and maintain. Maybe not so in a chebbie, haven't run one for years.....