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    well he said sbc and bbc not ls they are a good engine but if you think the ls sexy to look at your nuts . as for a fire breathing needing a hi stall bbc for the stree/strip that is not how i build them . as for the power of the ls i know what they can do i did a top end on one back in 2005 that made close to 500hp at the rear wheels . there still is a place for the bbc a short deck bbc565/ 582 flat top pump engine will pump out 700+Tq off idle EZ with a small hyd roller cam. you get to a point with the ls it is going to cost just like any thing else and the bbc with make more TQ any day .no the bbc may not get as good as fuel mileage but he was not asken about a ls
    Last edited by pat mccarthy; 08-14-2012 at 09:19 PM.
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