Here's some reading material. . .

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Can i come?
Hell ya, love to show you guy's around!!!
Warp Speed

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Looking forward to it!!
Ya, that's the ol' girl. Looks like a friggin aircraft carrier compared to most jets!
Warp Speed LOL..yeah, I remember seeing the Nimitz carrying the nose just like that.

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Thanks for all the good info. A 565" what? 4.6 x 4.25. What type of heads are you thinking about using a what type of intake system?
At Phoenix two weeks ago the Pro Mod boat that won had a 813" Kaase Ford Hemi in it. I talked to them
but I didn't get a chance to ask: RPM's, bore and stroke and deck height.
Sleeper CP
Talking about big engines...just thought I'd share this. I had in my hot little hand today a 5" bore CP piston destined to go onto a new 5.300" bore center block. Word is they're looking at 900ci. Mfgr's were trying to get IHRA to go to 5.5" bore center and be done with it, but they said 5.300 is max. Prototype heads are done, as well.

[Sleeper CP]

Talking about big engines...just thought I'd share this. I had in my hot little hand today a 5" bore CP piston destined to go onto a new 5.300" bore center block. Word is they're looking at 900ci. Mfgr's were trying to get IHRA to go to 5.5" bore center and be done with it, but they said 5.300 is max. Prototype heads are done, as well.
Wow
Sleeper CP
Big Inch Ford Lover

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Wow
Sleeper CP
Big Inch Ford LoverThought that might catch your attention

[cstraub]

Sonny's had their new Hemispherical BBC engine at PRI. You talk about a monster....Note I said "Hemispherical", Chrysler "politely" informed Sonny's that the word HEMI is trademarked so they had to black out all references to the trademark in the booth.

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Talking about big engines...just thought I'd share this. I had in my hot little hand today a 5" bore CP piston destined to go onto a new 5.300" bore center block. Word is they're looking at 900ci. Mfgr's were trying to get IHRA to go to 5.5" bore center and be done with it, but they said 5.300 is max. Prototype heads are done, as well.
DAMN

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Sonny's had their new Hemispherical BBC engine at PRI. You talk about a monster....Note I said "Hemispherical", Chrysler "politely" informed Sonny's that the word HEMI is trademarked so they had to black out all references to the trademark in the booth.
I saw that on their website. I didn't get a chance to see the head yesterday, but I'm guessing it's a Pro Stock style deal.
Next year, I'm definately going to PRI.

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What blows my mind is the piston speeds of these engines with the extremely short rod ratio they have to run

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Yes Scott, before they outlawed the Jager rod in IHRA I got to see some of the pistons coming out of some of the Ford engines. Piston speed is one of the major battles in those engines.