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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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anyone is south florida running a carbd bbc or sbc in their 4th gen?? need to pick your brains im building another street/strip car but with a bbc maybe a sbc.. i need to talk to someone that has done this!! i got questions about motor fitment, tranny,driveshaft setups, what kinda motor i should b looking at (sb,bb) nx or not?? buncha ??'s need answering..thanks Gregg!
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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Why go sbc? Waste of time and money.
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 12:37 PM
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well im tryin to decide whether to throw an f-2 blower on there or run nx... if i do the blower i prolly will do a sbc but i can get 500hp outta a bbc alot easier and cheaer than a sbc..
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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guy down the road put a carbed small block in his 4th gen. he didn't seem very educated in cars and he did it by himself so can't be anything to crazy for fitment, ect. also Zane (mod on here) he did a carbed motor in his. check out texas section or do a search for him i'm sure he can help you out.
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i think his name on here is Zone92rs or something in that area.
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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thank you..im not really concerned about fitment issues or anythign like that i just wanted to know more in depth details than the sticky under the bbc/sbc section gave me.. thanks for the help guys
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