Yeah they would of been identical! This winter the motor is coming out. It has been making metal all year. Something in the short block and I suspect it is the thrust flange because in 80 runs it went from .012 when put together to .021. Ouch! Since we only race it now we are going to bump the compression from 10:1 to 13:1 among along with better rods and 4 bolt mains. Don't know if there will be any money to touch the heads or intake. The short block will cost enough as it is. Can't wait for Thompson. It is a #1 priority for me to make it there. Really had a great time this year meeting lot's of new people. Met Gerry with his black 61 and a couple weeks ago. Also got invited to run with the Nostalgia Super Stock Assoc. Lot's of people remember the car from the 60s which is pretty cool. They always ask "Is this the same Homewrecker that ran here in the 60s?" I still feel weird though when I'm in the staging lanes sitting in the car and people are taking pictures of it. The attention kinda makes me uncomfortable. I'm not sure if I should look at the camera, wave, or just look straight ahead
People really identify with cars like ours. And by ours I mean everybody here.
BSL409 the carbs are 500s with the stock calibration. 86 primary, 95 secondary, and .052 on the power side of the metering rods. We tried richening them 8% with no change but that was with the bypass system. Now it is obvious it wasn't getting enough fuel which explains why the car didn't respond. We plan to play with em next time out.
Here is a link for a quick clip of the car for Route 66 Raceway. It is after a 70 Chevelle. We didn't even know they did it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyuLI-1be1c
I have more in car video if any buddy wants to see it. I know I've posted a couple already so I don't want to bore any one with the same old stuff.