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Originally Posted by ponjohn
Bruce-
What is the largest segment of the Pontiac world...street / strip or 1100 hp n/a combos?
The 428 project would have conveyed the capability of a small CI build and given people such as myself another option over d-ports and e-heads.
If the combos are out there that validated the various ports then shame on them for not passing on the info.
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To clarify... NOT all the ports have yet been run and there probably is more than 15.
Perhaps some dont realize you dont simply hit the enlarge button on your copier to go from a good working modest sized port, to a larger higher flowing version of it. The form may still be the same but the shape is truly different. I know thats rather abstract but I cant word it in a manner that makes it clearer.
There are guys out there racing Pontiacs and doing well that never post... some dont do internet at all... Few know anything about some of those guys, let alone what heads etc.. Others that post are reluctant to be seen as somehow braggin if they talk about their own stuff.(all brand heads btw)
There are far few CV1 owners compared to many others... If 100 sets were made... maybe...WAG... 85 owners? I dont know... of them how many are using them or have used them at all?? probably less. Set aside for a future build or just an abandoned project due to hard times.
Just like Mystic was before sellin his CV's, there are guys with cv's reluctant to deal with the circus that tends to follow cv1 posts.
Driggers seldom posts... he picked up after switching to cut-off ex configuration... He has since had them upgraded to race plate... (I saw them when they were being done) Bad news travels fast... I havent heard anything... dont know if he got some runs in or not.
Yeah its a shame some dont post... but I dont fault them so much, as I do those so quick to belittle someones accomplishments with little to no consideration of the sum of the build or the budget they had to work with...
A guy could be the hardest of workers, very knowledgeable about race engines. Yet lifes plan only allows enough budget to get to where he is and not be the shining star.
Sucks, but thats the reality of it.
He is just doing it for enjoyment. Unlike some, he doesnt want to be the hero. Yet some have the gall to to lump him in a group, label the group as lib-tards, or some other form of belittlement, then accuse him through group association of saying it is easy or some other bull crap. All the guy wants is to race, try to get wins and get some satisfaction when he can.
Instead of postin up how he's doin... he just sits back. Intimidated that he might be treated as much the same as a welfare cheat or derelict lookin for a hand out.
Worse yet we collectively have too few take a stand against the intimidators. Not that most dont see its wrong or discuss it privately... they just dont want to get caught up in it.