| In bracket racing is there advantages of running a big | | | | be able to keep up with the big blocks. |
| block over a small block? It all depends on what you | | | | To get a fairly light car to run in the 10 second range it |
| really want to do. There are plenty of small blocks out | | | | would take a pretty good built small block with |
| there with standard 23 degree heads that keep up | | | | aftermarket heads to accomplish that. With the big |
| with the big blocks. With the inches you can get out of | | | | block you can take a basic motor with 10:1 |
| a small block these days you can have a small block | | | | compression, little head porting and mild cam and still be |
| appearance, but really have as big and in some cases | | | | able to run on pump gas to go in the 10's. When you |
| more cubic inches than a big block. | | | | get down the 8-9 second range it's much more difficult |
| From my experiences and what I've seen at the track | | | | to get a 23 degree headed small block to go |
| most small blocks will outrun the big blocks in the short | | | | especially into the 8's unless it's in a very light car. You |
| times early in track, but the big blocks will run bigger | | | | can spend almost as much money for a 434 c.i. small |
| mile per hour. With the small blocks weighing less and | | | | block shortblock as you would spend on a 565 c.i. big |
| having almost as much if not as much stroke as some | | | | block. |
| big blocks they are able to take off better, but with the | | | | In my opinion big blocks are the way to go bracket |
| flow from the big block heads they are able to get | | | | racing. It takes less work to go as fast if not faster |
| more horsepower and turn that into big mile per hour. In | | | | than a small block. It's alway great to see a fast small |
| order to get a small block to run as good as a big | | | | block but big blocks are the way to go. |
| block in the long run it would probably take more $ to | | | | |