Blue Oval crate engine??!!

[fastford]

First I will say I been a ford guy since I was 12 years old. However with crate racing having a choice would be nice for a couple reasons the main problem with it would be like NASCAR during the Goodyear/Hoosier tire era. Both companies trying to out do the other and kept bringing softer and softer tires to the tracks and next thing you know guys are popping tires due to them not lasting and guys using one tire here and that tire there and end up buying both brands.

Keeping or making the engines really equal wasn't gonna be super easy, so really it's easier to just have one engine that everyone uses.

well , we have more in common than i thought , i was born into the blue oval camp 56 years ago , my uncle and my dad campaigned a 61 Galaxy super stock with a 375hp 390 in it , which i still have the engine , they were in line for a 64 light weight when Vietnam came calling , when i gave up drag racing in the early 90,s and started dirt racing , we put a 400 modified crank in a 351 W block and put h3ll on them cheby,s in a street stock , i make most of my living off chevy,s but i,m true blue at heart......

[brad hibbard]

can I join the club?
I think everyone thinks I am the GM crate engine "GUY" ---both sides of my families ---Both grandpas were avid ford men---no question
my first several vehicles were Fords---if not I would have needed a new place to sleep--LOL
I often tell my kids and wife ---If my grandpa's were alive now --holidays would be very quiet or VERY LOUD--LOL
I don't know how this happened but I guess I took the path of least resistance.
truth be told --I am not a fan of any manufacturer---I just need to feed my family and chevyland has been pretty good for that

Brad

https://www.race-1.com

[fastford]

i agree brad , im seeing LS3,s in my sleep , now i will say , the new ford over head cam engines are picking up with the drag boys , but the conventional ford engines have all but died here , which i am in the heart of chevy country......

[brad hibbard]

I have avoided the LS wave as long as possible
we took a couple quick stabs at dynoing CT525's but the hook up was very time consuming only because everything is so different than our traditional LT engines
we can run three 602/604 engines in one day----the couple of CT525's we tried, took half a day just to get it ready to dyno
not the fault of the engine ---old fat guy that is set in his ways was the problem--LOL

we recently extended some effort towards becoming more efficient with our dyno procedures for the LS engines.
our local dealer estimates that we will see 15 to 20 LS engines a month from them alone so we figured it was time to enter the LS ERA with both feet
I am fortunate that we have a couple of experienced and knowledgeable LS associates that will be taking the lead on this new venture----all I will have to do is run the dyno and sit back and learn (for awhile anyway)

not sure I am thrilled with it but grandpa always said if your not moving forward then you are backing up because everything around you is moving forward.

Brad

https://www.race-1.com

[ZERO25]

i agree brad , im seeing LS3,s in my sleep , now i will say , the new ford over head cam engines are picking up with the drag boys , but the conventional ford engines have all but died here , which i am in the heart of chevy country......

Real men drive:

Greater
Mans
Chevy!!!

….and now my wife drives one!

[fastford]

real men want to be First On Race Day , and a few women to......

[Drake Racing]

speed kills....drive a ford and live forever!

Curt Drake
Chevrolet Racer #55

[fastford]

nah , i like living on the wild side , now i figure when i get like red farmer , 80 something , then i will slow down and put a chevy in , so i can ride around and not have to worry about running over any one..

[billetbirdcage]

Found on road Dead

First on race day

ETC we all heard the sayings for Ford, the only chevy one I ever heard was:

Clatter happy every Valve yells

GRINS

[fastford]

For Off Road Duty....billet , chevy hasnt done anything to deserve a title.....lol.....

[ZERO25]

For Off Road Duty....billet , chevy hasnt done anything to deserve a title.....lol.....

Isn't fast/ford an oxymoron?

[fastford]

dont be calling me that zero , you might hurt my feelins....which i have been called the second part of that word before....