273 Stroker for ***** and giggles

The super small cubic inch deal does have a place in professional drag racing. The Nickens Brothers and Gene Fulton small block pro bracket cars come to mind. But I'll be the first to point out that those engines all use very large bores, super short strokes, and some even use decreased deck height blocks. Ten and a half thousand rpm is the norm for that type of engine.
Like the early pro stock Hemi's. They were a modified 383 block. Big bore, shorter stroke than a 350 Chevy and those awesome Hemi heads. This is a Gary Ostrich block.

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