[Lynn A McCarty]

Cutta,

What do you mean by mineshaft 2000 feet below zero? I would bet at Indy, where the best air is usually around 2500 feet, none of them would even break 9 seconds. As for the BBC's, the bowtie is a way better than stock piece, but nothing to match the short deck hemi's advantage. If they ran a 10.750 deck, that piston looks like the size of my alum trash cans out to the road on Wednesday night. I just wonder what is the shortest deck Hemi out there?

Alan,

The compression height I have heard for most big blocks go about 1.200 minimum.. There is no way the BBC's gain as much in that department compared to Hemi's.

I am no expert, but I would say in the overall scheme the Hemi has gotten the better end of the parts acquisition game. Most people say it takes hard work, maybe so, but firstly it takes parts negotiation and management of those "strokes" of the pen.

In any event I still say a 6.0 GT class with all the factory race combos 420 cu in and up would be about the coolest race I can think to visit Indy. Secondly a 7.0 GT class for large cubic inch engines maybe hypo combos, but not factory race combos.