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I have never worked so hard, put in so many hours, as I have on this Super Stock engine. It's easy to see why an engine costs so much. It has to be a labor of love..

Headed to the dyno next Tuesday. I hope it's all worth it.

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Bruce Williams

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Best of success with this build.
Keep us posted.

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Bucky

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Good luck!

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1320racer

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It’s easy to see why that class along with stock is dying, the cost and effort pale in comparison to the reward.

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It’s easy to see why that class along with stock is dying, the cost and effort pale in comparison to the reward.

I also think the rules to allow aftermarket parts probably hurt the class. Especially for the older SS racers.

And thanks guys!

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Agree but they had no choice, 50-60 year old blocks and virgin heads are near impossible to find.

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Agree but they had no choice, 50-60 year old blocks and virgin heads are near impossible to find.

Totally agree.

I love what I have going on with the GT car. I will admit a true Super Stock car is pretty bad a$$. At the end of the day all that cost to be legal and a $10.00 bottle of Geddex!

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quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
quote:
Originally posted by 1320racer:
It’s easy to see why that class along with stock is dying, the cost and effort pale in comparison to the reward.

I also think the rules to allow aftermarket parts probably hurt the class. Especially for the older SS racers.

And thanks guys!

Definitely hurt the racers who have tons invested in their horde of legal parts, thinking they would always have value.

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Top355x

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Any estimate on projected hp

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quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
I have never worked so hard, put in so many hours, as I have on this Super Stock engine. It's easy to see why an engine costs so much. It has to be a labor of love..

Headed to the dyno next Tuesday. I hope it's all worth it.

I noticed the total different firing order is this something new I new guys do the 4/7 swap

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Tom396

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quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
I have never worked so hard, put in so many hours, as I have on this Super Stock engine. It's easy to see why an engine costs so much. It has to be a labor of love..

Headed to the dyno next Tuesday. I hope it's all worth it.

I don't mean to get up in your business, but I gotta ask. How many hours? How many days? How costly? I am fascinated with how much effort and money goes into class legal drag racing. Take care. Tom Worthington

If it seems that bracket racing has gotten too expensive for you, maybe you are just doing it wrong.

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Tom, I think his intake alone has more hours than most bracket engines. LOL

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Any estimate on projected hp

One that runs a second under the index makes 670-690hp.

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quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
I have never worked so hard, put in so many hours, as I have on this Super Stock engine. It's easy to see why an engine costs so much. It has to be a labor of love..

Headed to the dyno next Tuesday. I hope it's all worth it.

I noticed the total different firing order is this something new I new guys do the 4/7 swap

It's a LS firing order.

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B KING

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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Top355x:
Any estimate on projected hp

One that runs a second under the index makes 670-690hp.

What's the index, if you don't mind sharing?

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Originally posted by Tom396:
quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
I have never worked so hard, put in so many hours, as I have on this Super Stock engine. It's easy to see why an engine costs so much. It has to be a labor of love..

Headed to the dyno next Tuesday. I hope it's all worth it.

I don't mean to get up in your business, but I gotta ask. How many hours? How many days? How costly? I am fascinated with how much effort and money goes into class legal drag racing. Take care. Tom Worthington

I had 100 hours in the heads and 100 hours in the manifold. I worked on it after business hours, normally 6-midnight, for a year. As far as cost, I stopped counting. But Patterson gets $47500 for the same engine.

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I had 100 hours in the heads and 100 hours in the manifold. I worked on it after business hours, normally 6-midnight, for a year. As far as cost, I stopped counting. But Patterson gets $47500 for the same engine.

D*mn. I actually thought the cost estimate would be much higher. Thanks and take care. Tom Worthington

If it seems that bracket racing has gotten too expensive for you, maybe you are just doing it wrong.

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Originally posted by B KING:
quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:
quote:
Originally posted by Top355x:
Any estimate on projected hp

One that runs a second under the index makes 670-690hp.

What's the index, if you don't mind sharing?

2BKING

I hope it falls into GT/FA and that index is 10.25. It would weight 2975 w/driver.

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Originally posted by Tom396:
quote:
Originally posted by SpeierRacingHeads:

I had 100 hours in the heads and 100 hours in the manifold. I worked on it after business hours, normally 6-midnight, for a year. As far as cost, I stopped counting. But Patterson gets $47500 for the same engine.

D*mn. I actually thought the cost estimate would be much higher. Thanks and take care. Tom Worthington

As with anything, I bet the first unit had much more in time and expense (basically impossible to calculate) to develop the formula build that works.

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Well we had a good 2 days on the dyno. It turned out great. I don't want to say power but I have 46 more at 7500 than I had and way more average power.

Here is a 58-7500 pull.

https://youtu.be/nFXyidQlSkk

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