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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 10:42 PM
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Grass is always greener on the other side, you know...
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by boostnificent
thank you sir!! i appreciate the info.

i am new to GM performance. i came over from the "dark side" and it seems that they all go from iron to aluminum and all the GM guys goes from aluminum to iron. seems weird to me.

you stated that the iron block made 15 hp more but doen't that get eaten up and then some with the added weight if you use the rule of "every 7 lbs takes 1 hp". atleast thats what i've always been told.
in certain classes of racing that you have weight rules and really can't benefit from a lighter block-the iron is the way to go,but otherwise i always try to run aluminum
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