me and a few others should be there sat if weather holds up, dont feel like describing everyone that should be coming with me so look for any of the cars from this vid lol


http://youtube.com/watch?v=HiztCk2ZwSg

 

did you get that block in??? damn I wish I would've kept it!!!!!!!

 

oh yeah, its been in for a while and making well over 400whp

 

which car you going to be running?

 

just about anything you can think of.

huge cam, heads, headers, etc etc.


funny story, i was on 301 on the way to MIR, stopped at a redlight and this guy and his wife were next to me in the turn lane. the lady was like "hey!" so i look over and the guy asked the same question as you and i told him. he said yea i told my wife that aint no exhaust making that noise. i did a courtesy rev for them and got a good chuckle out of it. a stock looking alero thats rumbling like a SBC definitely turns heads on the street.

 

excuse my ignorance whats an sbc? also what car is this

 

sbc=small block chevy.

and his car is an alero which is an oldsmobile.

 

which is part of the GM n-body family (hence the screen name).

 

didnt know that. whats the displacement of them stock? and stock power numbers?

 

How sad car enthusiasm has become.

It makes baby Jesus cry.

I will make a small dictionary for those who’s exposure has not past the rice bowl.


sbc- Small Block Chevy: From the 1955 265ci to the current 427 ci engines. Easily identifiable by 4 bolt valve covers. The early models with 2 bolts on the top/bottom and the late models with all 4 in the center. This includes the LT1, LT4 and LS1, 2, 6, 7 series engines. The LT5 in the Zr1 Corvettes was a Lotus design and had very few similarities to the other sbcs besides the bellhousing pattern. Chevys shared the same bellhousing pattern for small and big blocks until the creation of the GEN III & IVs(LS series) when GM changed them.

bbc- Big B lock Chevy: Easily identifiable by larger valve covers with 3 bolts on the intake side and 4 on the exhaust. LS6 was an engine code of the early BBC 454s(7.4 liters), not to be confused with the GEN III 6.0 liter sbc.

Pontiac engines: 301, 326, 350, 389, 400, 421, 428, 455. They were all a big block style engines that came in all the earlier Pontiacs, such as the infamous GTO and 1st, 2nd Gen firebirds although some late 70’s birds came with an optional 401 Oldsmobile engine.

Buick and Oldsmobile engines: same concept as the Pontiacs, slightly different designs these two being the most similar. All three, including Cadillac(who made their own engines as well) shared the same bellhousing pattern, different from Chevrolet(Chevy). In the early 80’s GM mandated most of their fleet cars to the same engines, primarily Chevy designs.
The infamous Grand National 3.8s were a Buick design. The newer 3800 series engines are of similar design, newer technology.
The Aurora engine is an Oldsmobile design.

sbf- Small Block Ford: The 351 Windsor falls in this category with the famous 302 or 5.0 for the cubic inch illiterate.

bbf- Big Block Ford: Category for the 351 Cleveland, 400M and the Boss 429 (semi HEMI).

Mopar: think Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth.

sbm- Small Block Mopar: 273-360 cubic inch engines or LA series blocks. I believe the new HEMIs fall into the small block category although I am unsure of the block codes along with the 4.7 liter. However the early Poly 318 does not fall in this category.

bbm- Big Block Mopar: B series blocks- 361, 383, 400.
RB series- 413, 426, 440. The 426 was available with the wedge head pre 1964. The it became the infamous HEMI. The 331, 354 and 392 HEMIs were a earlier and different design than the RB 426.

HEMI: short term used for cylinder heads having a hemi-spherical design. Mean the intake valve(s) being located directly across from each other. The spark plug location is in the center of the combustion chamber. Yes, this means your Honda DOHC VTEC engine has a hemi-spherical head design.