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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote=kwhizz]&quot;Hey......He's got one of those L 52 engines in there&quot;...........LOL


The only thing better is the B52 engine! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

I would have to tell you, in order to install the TF33 would require extensive modification. LOL Best bet if you want all the torque is to pull the plastic top motor out and bolt in a 572 -- and it won't need a blower/supercharger.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote=kwhizz]&quot;Hey......He's got one of those L 52 engines in there&quot;...........LOL


The only thing better is the B52 engine! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

I would have to tell you, in order to install the TF33 would require extensive modification. LOL Best bet if you want all the torque is to pull the plastic top motor out and bolt in a 572 -- and it won't need a blower/supercharger. </div></div>


The problem is...........I drive my cars on an average of 7000 miles a year........don't need 8 miles per gallon or the other &quot;Old School&quot; issues......Been there......This in more &quot;Gooder&quot;.....LOL
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Yep -- those BBC like to sip the motion lotion ... more gooder is OK ... TAZ
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Funny story about this picture.........while at a Touring Car event a while back.....we had stopped for lunch, and after getting out of the Impala a bunch of Corvette guy's pulled in.......one guy park's next to me and asked what kind of engine I had in the car........I opened the hood and he calls out to his Buddy's.........&quot;Hey......He's got one of those L 52 engines in there&quot;...........LOL


Looks like a nice &quot;Before&quot; picture!

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Doesn't Charley have a B-52 engine in a 55 Chevy?
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That was a Rolls Royce Merlin from a P51, I believe.
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I knew that!
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I won't get home until tomorrow night.......But.....I was sent this picture of a small skid that was delivered to the house.........Things will start moving very soon....




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Nice! Have a safe flight home...
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Ahh!!!.......Christmas in October.....







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