I'm a little surprised that the s/blk vote is running this close to the boat anchor b/blks (HeHe, don't shoot the messanger) Most of the posters on this forum has bigger CU IN motors than i have dollars in my checking account. I personally as stated earlier have run both big and small mtrs. about 20 yrs. ago i decided to go to s/blks and have accumilated a large quanity of s/blk parts. I couldn't afford to change if i wanted to. Living on SS and a couple rentals, it's just not in my budget. As Wes said he has spent $36,000.00 and change on a long blk. and i'm sure that BJ has spent an equal amount on his vette motor. I never plan to go as fast as either one of these guys but i hope to go to the track and attract some attention with my s/blks. Jeez, a few yrs. ago i was at Huntsville's 1 million dollar race and a youngster from Tx. walked away with $175,000.00 in the ft. brake class running a jeepster, and a friend from Memphis won $150,000.00 plus with his dragster running high 4's. Racing is all about focus and being constistent everytime you show up at the tree. It doesn't matter how much money you have or how fast your car is. We've all watched NHRA events and once you get past the Alcohol cars and prostock cars there is no constistency, it's who doesn't go up in smoke or who peddles best.
Not being a pro, i would sooner go the track and face a person who runs so fast that he/she rarely gets down the track except on a good run than to face a person in a 1972 ford pickup running 9.50's in the 1/8 mi.
It's nice to have the whole crowd over looking at your car and taking pics. etc. but then you go up to the line and blow the tires off or get so out of shape it's impossible to win. You have then devoted your car and yourself to a total hobby and cannot expect to ever get your money back unless it's in match races.
When i had the blower motor in my friends Dodge we never won an event, but it was fun. my friend Jeff has made over $3,000.00 in the last month with his dragster and it only runs 4.90, but it does it every time and he's good on the tree.
I guess i'm trying to say that money is not everything, be it b/blk or s/blk you just have to be on your game and i agree this is the most i've ever seen on a poll of this sort, but my gut feeling is that b/blks should win because ANYONE can build them and make them go fast, but it takes a fool hearted smart person with lots of money to build a s/blk to run with them.
O'K, i'm done :P
Zip.
PS, i still like s/blks and i'm going to run run the Mil. dollar race at Memphis if my friend (Bill Taylor aka BTE) will pay me in, after all he is the sponser.