Looking to buy/build 500-600 fwhp 360

Dartswinger70 said

I was at a car show this summer and Im talking to a guy with a 70 Olds with a 454 Chevy( yes I know) hes telling me it has "800 horsepower" and it might have actually had it ,it looked tubbed and roll caged but street legal...i walked away and thought to myself "hes as old as my dad (about 75) what the hell does he need 800 horse on the street for?" LOL! these old guys just buy these cars turn key ready...they aren't wrenching or building anymore, I figured might have been what he wanted when he got back from Nam...

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I won't give you the big red "x", but I will differ with you on that. What the hell does being 75 have to do with needing 800 horse on the street?? Does a 25 year old need 800 horse on the street? I'd MUCH rather see big HP in the hands of someone experienced enough to use it wisely- it ain't seniors plowing their Muskrats through crowds and picking off telephone poles. And chances are the 25 yr old is the one who ponied up the money and bought it, and the geezer (yeah, I'm getting there too) is the one who built it out of decades of experience. Hell, Garlits is still tearin' it up...
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