Engine Choices- Another ?

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Yup, that is exactly why Ed Pink liked and ran them AND why the NASCAR sanctioning body NIXED them...

I talked to Riley Singley yesterday in person (392 fuel engine builder) and he said that the salvage yards were full of the blocks/cranks and they were strong... He said THAT is why they ran them due to his team budget THEN he reminded me how much Kalitta liked the 427 SOHC engine...

IF the FACTORY block was weak with the SOCH @ 1600+ HP in the mid 60's, the block was also weak with the wedge heads at lower HP numbers...

Makes one wonder, If it was such a fabulous engine as you claim, why they aren't still running them. They ran 392 originally because it was THE ONLY game in town, and they were cheap and plentiful. When they ran out of them, COPIED THEM IN AMLUMINUM, and they moved on to the 426 Hemi. When the supply of them dried up, THEY COPIED THEM as well.
WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY THINK OF MAKING ALUMINUM COPIES of the Ford SOHC. I give you a hint 2MM........THEY DIDN'T WORK!!!!! Nobody as foolish enough to copy it and believe they could sell them. Dove and Robert Pond both sell aftermarket SOHC heads ands a blocks. Why aren't any of the top fuel guys running them?

Lot of engines make great gasoline engines, but complete POS as nitro deals. The BBC is a perfect example. They gave it their all in the mid 60s to make the BBC 2 work in nitro classes. There 3 times the Chevy nitro cars in the 60s as there were Fords, and they did win a few. But in the end, when the power started to escalate, those poor Chevy guys had to make the move.

I don't know what drugs you are taking, or what shrooms your eating, but you can't show me anything that says Ed Pink even remotely liked that engine.
But I do remember linking you to a interview with Pink where he stated they were complete POS.

But just to really drive the point home, Mr Paul Grichar crewed and drove the Miss O Neal-Knudson, We had a nice little talk about the SOHC on the way to Parker yesterday. He called the engine a few things that make POS seem tame. He had some very descriptive words for the dung heap. None of them are postable.