dragncar, I don't no you either! Yes it is silly to compare the two cars, but that is what everyone who is cutting the new cars down are doing. As far as our 565, it made 937 HP with one 4 barrell on gas and we have about $13.000 in the complete motor. Try doing that with a Pontiac! We race NHRA S/C and bracket race and we ran a IA block with Edelbrock heads at 505 inches for several years Ran the motor on injection with twin toilets and the fastest we ever went was 7.70;s at 172mph. Worked on it all the time fought oil leaks and ring seal constantly. The 565 made over 300 passes last season and all we are doing is basic rebuild. Like I said I love Pontiacs and the thrill of trying to compete with them and I will try again with the 61 Catalina this next year. I don't think you will find anyone more devoted to the Pontiac hobby than I am, I just am a realist and no their limits. The guys like Scott Rex And Jack Gadosh are living proof that you can make one fly, but they have huge dollars in their motors and they like to thrash on them. I would have loved to have some of the parts that we have available to us today 10 years ago, I would have had one of the faster Pontiacs. The LS1 is a great engine and is every bit as deserving as the 389 ever was. You can tell me what you really think anytime you want. I will just keep having fun with my WS6 and plan on a new 05 GTO just like I did in 64 and 65, 67, 68, 69, Trans Ams In 70, 73 and 74. I have also over the years raced a 63 Tempest in the Mid 70's that ran 10.40's A 68 Firebird in the early 80's that ran low 10's then quit for a few years to devote my time to my business, then in the late 80" hooked up with Jim Butler and Tom Vaught to bracket race a 64 GTO that I had at the time and drove it on the street and it ran 11.0's with no power adders, stock rear suspension and an 8 inch tire and D port heads. Built a 64 GTO Super Gas car that is now owned by one of Beswick's crew members and is still raced. Yes they were all Pontiac powered You may not no me but I have to think that I had a little bit to do with the Pontiac power that we no today. I think I have a little knowlege about the Pontiac mystique!
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