Thread: Streetable HP?
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02-27-2008 05:33 AM #1
Originally Posted by tango
What the heck is wrong with wait a little longer, save a little more??? Never have understood why most folks think they have to have everything RIGHT NOW and can't save up for the better parts.....
Anyway, Richard said he didn't want to hear the whining about the cost.... and I'm just saying I've found that it's always worth waiting and saving.....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-27-2008 01:48 AM #2
whats wrong with camel humps 75-200 bucks and 600 holley-20-50 bucks
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02-27-2008 06:08 AM #3
Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
COOL
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02-27-2008 05:50 AM #4
Ya them AFR heads are nice . But there are other brand heads that work just as good for $400.00 Less . But if you have the cash to burn great . Like I said check out combo #15 that one will make your truck fly .
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02-27-2008 06:57 PM #5
Well, let me know when you get a set of cast iron factory smogger engine heads to outperform a set of state of the art AFR heads!!!!! Doubter that I am, guess I'd prefer to see the flow bench data instead of some "once upon a time" street racing stories though...
When I want parts that are a bit more money then I can afford to spend I either have to wait longer or work harder to get the money to buy them.... Never have understood the "gotta have it now" mentality.....whatever happened to patience???? I don't see any reason to settle for something less then what you really want to have... Saying they're too expensive is just an excuse, not a reason....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-27-2008 07:27 PM #6
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
"The bitter taste of poor quality remains long after the sweet taste of low cost is forgotten"Last edited by techinspector1; 02-27-2008 at 07:30 PM.
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02-27-2008 07:35 PM #7
Originally Posted by techinspector1
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-27-2008 11:44 PM #8
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
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02-28-2008 06:26 AM #9
Originally Posted by tango
My statement did not suggest anyone work harder... It sez that this is what I do...
I would only request that you read my posts the way they're written and not read things into them....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-27-2008 11:57 PM #10
maybe because id rather be racing then sitting at home waiting.i only raced for $ one time. it cost 3 times as much to race in that class, it didnt pay out very well, and everybody has $$$$$ into electronics. im fine with a trophy and some pride and satisfaction. and since our track is long gone history now i have all the time in the world. which is why im going to sell the car because i was scrapin by to go racing here. let alone drive 250+ miles to the nearest track!
.........so much for my leave of abesence.......
Last edited by gassersrule_196; 02-28-2008 at 12:45 AM.
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02-28-2008 06:30 AM #11
Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
All I was saying is that if you wanna race with the big boys and run the good parts, you have to be willing to do what you have to do to achieve that goal. Same as most anything you want to achieve in life....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-28-2008 07:07 AM #12
sometimes we settle for what is good enuff .. people ask why i still have ported old iron heads on my 429 when there are many good aftermarket aluminum heads out now .. i just dont think 50 hp is worth 2500 bucks .. but a class racer " pro stock - nascar - etc .. would give that any day for 5 hp ...
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02-28-2008 07:18 AM #13
Originally Posted by HOSS429
Them Pro Stock boys probably spend a mil during the off season trying to find another 5 horse!!!!! Since Ford came out with the SCJ-John Kasse heads, the outdated CJ heads are going for cheap...when you can find a set.... Scored a set of them that were fresh and had been on a spare motor for one of the big boys when there team updated.....The guy I got them from said they had updated their heads with a net gain in hp of 7!!!!! I just smiled and took my $700 set of "outdated" heads home!!!!
The pro racers really operate on a whole different planet then the rest of us!!!!!!
Hey!!! I do still have a mid eighties 460 EFI long block....using it as a mock up engine in the Ranchero now but I sure would let it go reasonable if somone needed it!!!!Last edited by Dave Severson; 02-28-2008 at 07:42 AM.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-28-2008 07:34 AM #14
Originally Posted by DennyW
I would love to find a set to put on Rog's T-Bird, too..... It just has some mildly reworked Edelbrock heads now.... Remember the dyno sheet I posted on the Comet with 500 rwhp???? The "outdated" heads I bought for it is what brought it up to that....previous year's engine was about 30 less at the wheels...
Yeah, sure would be fun to build a car using the same budget some of them guys have, huh??????
If I could find a set then we would sell the Edelbrock's if they would do someone any good.... They are excellent heads, but would probably be better on a big horse street engine, not quite up to the task for racing, we still need another 1/10 on the T-Bird......
Too much dang "down time" this winter to really get out and search.....getting old really sucks!!!!
What else you looking for? Might be some stuff around here......Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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02-28-2008 09:58 AM #15
Dave wrote:
I concur... Think we must of went to the same school......
Yeah and probably similar to the one I went to, a one room school on a back country road. Not a lot of fancy gadgets, but buckets of common sense.Bob
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