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Nov 27, 2010 | 08:58 AM

texaswilkins

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Had to share racing knowledge

Friend of mine,Tyler, races at the local tracks. He had a fella standing next to him in the pits the other day talking about motors. This guy swore he just ran a short block in his car. Didn't have a long block he ran a short one, said it ran pretty well too. So naturally Tyler starts talking about how much less it weighs and easier to work on with all the extra room and this guy agrees. Said they went on for quite awhile and the whole time this guy was set on a short block being better than a long one. They never got around to what kind of car he had. I know some off you guys race too and might be able to use the knowledge.

Bill

Nov 27, 2010 | 09:02 AM

Ironman Motorsports

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From: Seymour Indiana

So THATS what I was doing wrong. It was so obvious

Nov 27, 2010 | 09:09 AM

Gordonm

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From: Forked River NJ

Gotta get me one of those short blocks.

Nov 27, 2010 | 09:57 AM

HOOAH

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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15

Personally, I think the long ones run better and stronger. I always liked those offset motor mounts too. The ones that offset the motor to the left for better cornering on ovals.

Nov 27, 2010 | 01:23 PM

Manuel Azevedo

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Think I should of ran one of them there short blocks so much lighter, no heads or intakes and hell look at that air flow with no ports!!!!!!

Nov 27, 2010 | 01:38 PM

Alan 71

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Hi,
I think there are guys that spend a lot of time convincing themselves that short is better than long or at least as good.
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Alan

Nov 27, 2010 | 03:08 PM

HamadUP

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St. Jude Donor '08

I hear that all the time, a lot of non-gearheads will confuse long and short blocks with big and small blocks.

Nov 27, 2010 | 03:36 PM

tobyte1

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From: Valley AL

And my short block has a 3/4 cam.....

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Nov 27, 2010 | 03:42 PM

Mike Ward

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HOOAH

Personally, I think the long ones run better and stronger. I always liked those offset motor mounts too. The ones that offset the motor to the left for better cornering on ovals.

We couldn't afford complete offset mounts so wanted to use offset bolts on stock mounts instead. Then we found that we needed offset wrenches to tighten them.

Nov 27, 2010 | 05:43 PM

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BPHORSEGUY

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From: SUFFIELD CT USA 2023 C8 CORVETTE UN-MODIFIED FINALIST

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I want to try this, it looks like it would be much less expensive just running a short block !

Nov 27, 2010 | 06:37 PM

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Maine Vette

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From: East Waterboro Maine

Your friend had pretty good self control. I probably would have either laughed or told the guy he was out to lunch.

Nov 27, 2010 | 10:07 PM

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tfi racing

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From: Cedar,BC

My guess is that guy also licked the windows on the short bus until his hockey helmet got in the way...

Nov 27, 2010 | 11:08 PM

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my 76 ray

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Originally Posted by tobyte1

And my short block has a 3/4 cam.....

You only need the full cam with the long block.

Nov 28, 2010 | 08:16 PM

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Reminds me of the story about the young guy who walked into the pharmacy and asked for a box of condoms. The lady behind the counter, sensing his apprehension, asked him what size...short, medium or long?

Nov 29, 2010 | 02:40 PM

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russde

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Originally Posted by Faster Rat

Ex-navy corpsman here. We used to put boxes of condoms on the quarterdeck so that sailors going ashore for "r&r" wouldn't bring us back unnecessary business. We always marked the boxes 'small, medium, and large'....never did get a call for more 'small' or 'medium' ones

Russ

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