[randy wilson]

Will answer Dick's question in a minute, but Jim Hawkin's used parts used to end up at our local track, and I had to compete against them in a heads up deal. Ha! Now, Jim is right that you can put a .2 to .3 under car together relatively cheap, but we did a Brodix spec motor at 289 c. i. That did 592 hp at 9,200 for under $10,000 that we ran 6.29 at 109.67 in the 1/8th versus a $28,000 dollar SS/CS 291 motor that dynoed at 638 and ran 6.16 111.27 in the eighth. But I used a Chevy block with the spec engine, used Pistons, Chevy destroked crank, groden rods, Chevy cam, Chevy lifters, used pan, cast hurricane intake, but my point is, the choke area is the heads. A short block is only worth so much power no matter how much you spend on it.