[1971_c10]

Let's talk a little bit about the motor.

I had started off with a SBC. It was a good reliable running motor. I had slowly started adding more digital to it, so it had a full digital ignition. But, it still had a carb. I wanted to go full EFI. I knew I wanted sequential fuel and spark. I knew I wanted full closed loop lambda control (via wide band O2 sensors). I started looking at builds based on the Dart little M (or similar). I wanted a 4" crank. So that puts me in the 400+ cu in small block category. I was looking at some long blocks that were 427, 434 and 454 cu in from Ohio Crank. They were very tempting. I then planned to put either a Holley or Edelbrock EFI setup on the engine.

Then I came across Don Hardy Race Cars in Texas. They build LS engines. Hmmm. They have a 418 cu in LS3 making 620 HP. Hmmm. It's cheaper long block to long block than the SBC. Hmmm. Crap. I fell down the LS rabbit hole. I bought that LS3, all aluminum dressed with black billet. Oh man it looks good. But alas, I'm now falling down the LS rabbit hole and it's deep.