Thread: I'm kinda lost here...

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I wouldn't dismiss Bills 500 Caddy suggestion out of hand. I seem to recall reading articles some years ago about them pushing 68/9 Chevells into 12 Second 1/4 mile times in stock form.

They don't like/need a lot of gear with 500 foot pound of torque they don't need it. You could potentially have a motor with very good street manners, able to cruse comfortably at hiway speeds and still meat your 1/8 time wishes.

While I appreciate you idea and wouldn't mind trying a caddie 500 some day, I would really like to stick with small block chevy for right now. When i get a little more oriented on the tree and with the racing itself, I will trade out for a big block (something in the neighborhood of a 496 or so) I want to do it this way because I've never *drag raced* before. I've done some quiet highway street racing though. I think starting with a small block and getting the feel for drag racing I will be much more comfortable when I decide to move up to a big block. Maybe some day I'll even get into a tube chassis car.