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Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 689922)

I'm guessing this lawn mower engine might last more than a couple laps and might even get you some real Winner stickers one day.

:RunninDog:

Dave is privy to the inside jokes ———— the story behind the “lawnmower motor” is ——- I’d sent Sutton an email — and he responded with a diatribe about everyone and anybody who’s name he could drop - regardless of whether they had ANYTHING to do with the car.....

IF you remember any of his babble ——- he thought Kurt Urban was the greatest engine builder ever — and that Scoggins Dickey was “HIS” motor builder.... nobody could do it better....

After the debacle - in his email response — and I quote “I wouldn’t let Kurt Urban build a lawnmower engine for me”...... Now — Kurt didn’t even work at Scoggins Dickey when my Motor was built - so why he went from hero to zero even faster than a Sutton scud missile is anyones guess...... but I will have t-shirt made —— “LAWNS WILL BE MOWED” —- and I have the address for the first one to be sent out.... feel free to guess. LOL

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 689916)

I just voted for stripes - if it gets any - that are straight and where they belong (whereever)....

Honestly — I don’t go to bed at night thinking about such things — when I dream — it’s all about the mechanicals.... I’d drive the POS with no body at all, for all I care. :badidea:

I hope you know I was kidding. Look at my car. Form over function for sure.

Still remember saying to Sutton......You know who your building this car for right? You know what he's going to expect right? I don't think their was one of us that expected what you got.

Poor Blake, its so messy to wipe that secret sauce off that Big Mac, but the finish product will be worth it. Looks good Greg

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Originally Posted by will69camaro (Post 689928)

I hope you know I was kidding. Look at my car. Form over function for sure.

I didn’t think you were or weren’t.... Didn’t find anything offensive about your comment at all!

But I’m being dead serious —- I’m really not spending any time trying to make the car something ——— SpeedTech has some good ideas and I’ll let them have their way with her.

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Originally Posted by will69camaro (Post 689914)

Stripes probably centered about the drivers position in the car. Bunch of haters...:poke:

Okay — went back and read it a couple more times and then it was a DOH!!! LOL

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 689933)

Okay — went back and read it a couple more times and then it was a DOH!!! LOL

:idea::lmao:

That's going to make a great motor. My aluminum big block made 666.7 too!

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Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 689937)

That's going to make a great motor. My aluminum big block made 666.7 too!

Yeah!! Dave and I were talking about that when I got the numbers!

Funny - KU texted me that “Smitty bested you by 4 hp”..... at 670...... followed up with “his made 666.9 two pulls in a row but the number scared him so he said to keep working on it”..... HAHHAHAHAHAHA I kind of find some humor in the 666 number.

What is the bore x stroke of this thing? Still an actual 429" ?

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Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 689954)

What is the bore x stroke of this thing? Still an actual 429" ?

Well — we had to DE SUTTONIZE it —- so went with 4” stroke and a 4.125” bore for 427”

So a guy can choose — 427 FE?? 427 LS — I chose LS

LOL