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  • jog49
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 2551

    #16
    LARSON:

    "Best driver in the world you say"

    Yes he did, and yes he is! Second coming of A. J. Foyt and it's taken a long time to arrive there.

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    • Oiler
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2021
      • 233

      #17
      Originally posted by 84wedge View Post
      How big are we talking?
      500+ c.i. for at least one he ran last season. Vic had a 480c.i. for a few years but he's eclipsed that mark. He has a first-class operation and a pretty slick dyno setup.
      "Ain't it good to be alive and raisin' hell in Tennessee!" - Dusty Rhodes (1988)

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      • foxfire2dirtracing
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2010
        • 2285

        #18
        Are most top engine builders comparable about the same $$ wise as far as cost?

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        • pierceFAN
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 4586

          #19
          Originally posted by jog49 View Post
          And all had bad starting positions (mostly because their cars sucked) except Shep and his car wouldn't stick. Don't make it more than it was . . . .
          I thought you said there was no competition?....now it's because the competition has poor starting spots?? Please stick to one excuse

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          • Highside Hustler25
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2009
            • 12912

            #20
            Not a loaded field but you beat Marlar and both Rumley advised entries, that's a pretty good group to judge your performance off of.
            Bloomer wasn't there so, I don't know...🫢
            8/13/16

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            • MasterSbilt_Racer
              Senior Member
              • May 2007
              • 14303

              #21
              Originally posted by 84wedge View Post
              How big are we talking?
              There's some 500 inch engines out there now.
              Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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              • Jking24
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2017
                • 1512

                #22
                [QUOTE=84wedge;2477382]How big are we talking?[/QUOT] peirce has a 480 maybe bigger now

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                • Oiler
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2021
                  • 233

                  #23
                  VH has been building the 480 for a few years. Mainly used at Eldora and other top speed tracks. Pierce had a 500+c.i. last season. Can't remember the exact displacement but my mind thinks 517 ir 522 for some reason.
                  "Ain't it good to be alive and raisin' hell in Tennessee!" - Dusty Rhodes (1988)

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                  • MIdlmfan
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2020
                    • 174

                    #24
                    I don’t think Jimmy was happy with his motors the weekend at Eldora when he blew three of them a couple years ago

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                    • MasterSbilt_Racer
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 14303

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Oiler View Post
                      VH has been building the 480 for a few years. Mainly used at Eldora and other top speed tracks. Pierce had a 500+c.i. last season. Can't remember the exact displacement but my mind thinks 517 ir 522 for some reason.
                      I was at Vics shop in 2014. He had a 480 engine in his personal car then.
                      Modern Day Spec Wedge Racing

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                      • blncfn57
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 2013

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Jking24 View Post
                        Everyone has big engines now but peirce is running some of the biggest I've heard of and it's by alot so if theirs any amount of brown or clean racetrack he's gonna be tough to beat
                        If the other drivers thought he was beating them with cubic inches, there would be a line out the door at Vic Hills place. That's how this monkey see, monkey do sport works.

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                        • pierceFAN
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2007
                          • 4586

                          #27
                          Originally posted by blncfn57 View Post
                          If the other drivers thought he was beating them with cubic inches, there would be a line out the door at Vic Hills place. That's how this monkey see, monkey do sport works.
                          aint that the truth....plus you can only use so much horsepower...anymore is just a waste

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                          • 84wedge
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2020
                            • 2086

                            #28
                            You can see a difference on the straights. Usually cars are about the same speed getting to a corner but Pierce is faster in a straight line than the rest of them.

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                            • 84wedge
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2020
                              • 2086

                              #29
                              Originally posted by MasterSbilt_Racer View Post
                              There's some 500 inch engines out there now.
                              Man. Pitting half way through a 100 lapper for new tires and gas will be the new normal.

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                              • Mod Runner
                                Senior Member
                                • Jan 2012
                                • 723

                                #30
                                But the question is , how big is Kyle Larsons Cornett engine ? It appears Kyle was just playing with the other racers before the big paying race. Someone, please get the details on that big ol Cornette Kyle Larson ran last night at Vado.

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