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Old 01-18-2012, 12:59 AM   #23
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Re: Engine?

I 100% agree the LS is a bada$$ engine.

There are $10,000 big blocks running 9's easy... It's everything else behind it that costs so much $$$!

I fully expect (fingers crossed!) to run mid 11's with my soon to arrive big block. As you said though, there are a pile of costs with both... I almost cried when I paid 700 bones for headers! Then there's the fuell cell, the fuel pump, the carburator, the distributor, the stall convertor, the rad fan, the rad..... Geez, where are my heart pills?!!

Once my drivetrain is done, I am hoping to be under $15,000.
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