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Holy crap, who dug up this 4 YEAR OLD thread?

not a single mention of the MILLER 183, 151 or Gulf 6.

<i>Gawd, do I feel old</i>
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. nap time.

Tee, hee! I couldnt help it,I got to wondering what &lt; or whatever is was means?

After 4 years, the long time domination of the sbc has been broken.

Now there is an engine that can compund it's power output without any mechanical add-ons, negligable amount of dollars and can be obtained by even the most ignorant of ignorant people...

Hail to the new king of engines...the Honda V-Tech.

This is one of just a handfull of the rare breed of engine that can double (sometimes even triple) its horsepower output with just the simple addition of a .50 sticker!

Let's see a sbc, Olds or a Buick do that...

Wow, GM lovers tearing themselves apart. Lol. I am partial to ford. But every engine was build for a specific application. I know we all like to look at our beloved cars of all makes and models and have visions of glory. But the manufactures didn't have that in mind. It was built to do what its doing. And we come along tear it apart rework it and expect it to always kick the other guys ***. well. The success of a build should be judged by how much improvement. not the result. Least we all can agree that its fun and satisfying.

Correction..... Who dug up this 5 YEAR OLD thread?

I am not getting into this argument...err discussion at all.

Guess what my first car was? I bought it with my paper route money at age 14.

You got it! 1970 Buick GS stage 1. 455, mucie 4 speed, posi (no clue on gears). It has a stewart warner tack in the console from the factory as well as a hurst shifter. Mine had a "T" handle, but I am not sure that was factory.

I wish I still had that car!

My exact thought!!!. Maybe it will die and we'll see it in another 4 or 5

Kind of like Easter around here sometimes.........

I know where one is. Needs some work, but........... PM me your email address, and I can get you the specifics. Priced around $10K.

being a rapidly aging old hot rodder whos still young enough to drive a 50 olds holiday coupe around, i must say this about the sbc.hell of a motor i prefer the 327 but who im i,the only problem with the sbc is it took the fun out of building a car,how many days and nights we spent trying to put some engine into some cars learned how to weld,cut with a torch didnt always look so good but it worked,with a sbc conversion everything is available dont have to use your skillsor mind just buy and bolt in,nothing to b proud of there,as for the olds motor aww love the old beast,personaly i like the old rockets,theres still plenty of power in them,mine is a 394 +.o60 jahns 10-1 forged pistons ,engle .500 lift solid lifter cam internaly ballanced lightened and polished rods and crank.running thru a 4 speed hydro with 3.42 rear gears,dont race it as i have learned no matter how fast u r someone is faster,but can tell u it has spanked quite a few sbcs and has been spankedby a few sbc nothing wrong with a sbc just the owners who think that its the only motor,i think there lazy or dont have any original ideas,and i do have to say i sure am tired of looking at sbcs in anything

I think this post started with "Survival of the fit". It should be survival of the flexible. I would have to vote for the Small Block Chevy and the Small Block Ford. They don't do everything great, just do everything well. It's obvious thats why they have been in production so long. Just my 2 cents.

Here is another vote for Olds! I also grew up in an olds family.
I remember my older brother getting the keys to moms '56 olds, backing down the hill that was our concrete driveway was on and boiling the tires all the way up the driveway.
Later I also remember "racing" my moms '68 Olds delmont 88 with a 350 and blowing away a buddy in his moms '71 impala with a 400 sb Chevy.
I also like Chevys and Dodges and Fords. I had a '72 Cad Coupe Deville that would bury the 120 mph speedo any time and did a lot. I couldn't keep transmissions in that one.
All makes have their good point and bad with a strong following. I have a special spot in my heart for an Olds, the only beef I have is the weight of the motor. Dale

I was in the speed shop, with our high performance engine machine shop, from 1969 to 1975. By 1972, Grumpy Jenkins had taught us most of his engine building secrets, and with his very open mind, how to apply those ideas to other engines, and where to modify as needed. Most people don't realize that William "Bill" "Grumpy" Jenkins also had considerable skill and experience(http://www.***************)