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Originally Posted by bluegoat65
I m a purest at heart. But I am ok with getting everthing I can out of the stock appearing frame. Bolt ons are bolt ons. Any racer that wants higher level performance is going to buy the best bolt ons that is out there for their budget. KRE has been doin things for awhile now. They have creativity, make power and have tools. It would be cool if they were in a position to produce their own brand engine. I would hope from there they could become an Allen Johnson type brand name someday. Will and fortitude play heavy. I mean you would probably, literally have to give motors away to select racers to campaign to create orders. They would have to be kick ass right out the gate.
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Thanks for looking at the situation with some reality.
I love the Pontiac Stratosteak design as much as anyone here does, but I really don't think extending the bore centers is going to get the job done in Youmans class. Too much development money, and time has gone into the competitions products.
The 1970 modular design was hemi headed, and OHC, so it does have one more advantage that none of the competition has so far, the OHC aspect. It is still a late 60s design so it would need to be brought up to date with technology that applies now, not 50 years ago. Ford obviously thought there was merit in the design, they have used it in production engines.
I feel if you're going to the trouble of making everything billet, update the technology at the same time. And if you want it to resemble something Pontiac engineers designed, the modular engine would be a better pattern to work from, IMO. YMMV.
The heading for the Hot Rod article was "lightweight, hemi headed, and beautiful"...
I knew after reading the article at 17 YO I was anticipating the release, but it never happened......
