live on East coast and Never heard of him
That is totally unbelievable.
There has been more written about Big Joe Sherman in Hot Rod, Car Craft, and Popular Hot Rodding magazines than just about anyone else on this planet.
Not only is he a friend of mine, I admired him as a young man by things I read in magazines about him. When he was with Vic Edlebrock as an Employee Big Joe owned a 1970 Green Chevelle named *Mean Green* that was to my knowledge the first full bodied Chevelle in the country to break into the 9's and that was back in early 1980 or late 1970's. That car and all the home brew tricks he did for aerodynamcs was a huge inspriation for me.
Big Joe is more recently known for his many different varietes of SB Chevys over the years and what he did with them on a budget. I can't think of any one person who may have built more SB engines than he has.
No' I have never owned an engine from him or any other builder. I think I can stand my ground with anyone there as far as what I can do for the dollar spent.
I do talk on the phone from time to time with him and if you are near his area, by all means use his expertise if it is in your budget, He will take care of you and when it is all over you will probably have more told to you by him than you can possibly remember about why he recommends what he does. If you are buying an engine to be shipped, I will toot my own horn as being pretty fair as a builder and to be fair to you, also Bill Hendrens Hendrens Racing, also Ron at rlmotorsports
here on Racing Junk, and Frank with Advanced Engines, amongst others to do you good and treat you fair.
Big Joe is one of the All Time Greats in Hod Rodding.
Ed