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[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, Screwball said:

The "small block" Chevy was arguably the best engine ever produced. It certainly made an impact on racing, and still does today. 900 hp engines in dirt track sprint cars based exactly on the old small block.

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Firing order since day one.

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...L-RR-L-R-LL-R... which translates to lub-dub-lub-dub-lub-dub.. from the dual exhaust. 😉

I have to say the Subaru boxer H-6 was the smoothest, low speed torguiest, easiest winding ICE I ever drove, but it sounded pretty boring by comparison.  

 

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[Screwball]

11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Funny thing is replacing that engine mount took all of maybe 30 minutes. Can you imagine doing that job in that time on a car today? 🔧

No.

Funny. I talk to a buddy every night who, like me, started out as a mechanic back in the late 60s early 70s. We could fix our own cars. Not now, that ship sailed years ago. Special tools, fuel pumps inside gas tanks, starters under the intake manifold, batteries under the back seat, and every piece on the car that can be saved, cheapened, or made so it's easy going down the assembly line, they will do. You can't work on them and they don't want you to.

I'll bet I could still get around in my 1979 souped up Chevy C10 pickup if I didn't break a telephone pole with it. Probably couldn't buy gas for it today.

Edited 1 hour ago by Screwball