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12-16-2019, 09:17 PM
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#42
12-16-2019, 09:30 PM
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How much for the AP blocks that broke? Danny Estep ?? Curt Geise ?? GTO on PY ?? TimeWarp ?? Others ?? 
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12-16-2019, 10:24 PM
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12-16-2019, 10:47 PM
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12-16-2019, 10:55 PM
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12-16-2019, 11:18 PM
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3 Stock block Pontiac 455's 1971-1973 vintage 5 billet straight caps. 1.5-2 seasons for each block @ 1100-1300 HP All three blocks broke in the same place up through the #2 main bearing oil feed from the cam bore to the main housing bore. Indian Adventure Iron: Unlimited runs @ 1300-1500 HP (hundreds of passes and bad tune-ups) No block issues IAII Iron block: Probably close to 3000 HP Multiple years of running on 90% nitro. Some pretty bad tune-ups, melting pistons through the wrist pins, turning Crower billet crankshafts to liquid, entire car burned to the ground. No Block Failures IA II solid aluminum block: 3 seasons at 3000 HP 5-6 runs at 3200-3400 HP. 40+ lbs. Boost, 90% nitro, 9000 RPM's. No crank support or harmonic balancer. No block failures. In fact the block will not require line honing this off season. Better tune-ups take massive load off the block. IA II blocks are tough in iron or aluminum |
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12-16-2019, 11:51 PM
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12-17-2019, 12:58 AM
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Some of really comes down to tune up.
Marty Palbykin @ 2950 went 6.95 @ 195 MPH using a PMD iron block and heads. Stan
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12-17-2019, 01:10 AM
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12-17-2019, 10:19 AM
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Dick Duclow's IA-1 block was out there at the time. Rodney Butler chose to run one of those blocks as a 440 cid engine and did for years. Marty could have bought a Duclow Block if he wanted to. He chose to use the 1967 400 Block that came from Bill Klausing and put splayed caps on the block. It lasted 3 years and also eventually cracked in the same location as the blocks mentioned by Mike Garblik. So what was posted was not true and the truth needed to be told.. I will only post here if the post is a bold faced lie. Tom V.
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12-17-2019, 11:16 AM
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Anyone know what year the IA block came out? I bought one, I’m trying to remember what year it was that I got it........2004 or 5. Jeff had one in his shop but at that time they were almost impossible to find at that time.
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#55
12-17-2019, 11:37 AM
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Larry Quinn broke his block also
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12-17-2019, 11:55 AM
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12-17-2019, 11:55 AM
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Post by Scott Misue in 1999
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...12#post1712412 "Gach is not an easy man to impress. However, Marty's accomplishments with turbos has definitely caught his attention. Lou seems to be a bit miffed by the fact that Marty wasn't given, sold, or stolen, a block to test. I think Lou's ire may also stem from the fact that Marty isn't a vendor of this block and, as such, wouldn't conceal his combo, reults, or the components employed in its testing." So Scott Misus way back in 1999 was complaining about Marty P not having access to an Indian Adventures block, not that he could not afford to buy one. Tom V. So the reply by George was BS.
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12-17-2019, 11:57 AM
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Tom V.
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12-17-2019, 12:25 PM
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Cool I opened the link and read all 3 pages......damn that was some good reading! Gacht was a jerk back then also! LOL! At least I now when the IA block came out ( I was kinda guessing). I was rethinking and maybe I got mine in 2004, darn now I have to go looking for my invoice from KRE!
GTO George Last edited by GTOGEORGE; 12-17-2019 at 12:38 PM. |
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