I need schooling - old vs. new engines

RockinRobin said

I joined this conversation to use my racing motor as an example of idle characteristics. I wasn't trying to say Gen III was better than everything else. There used to be a guy at my local track that had a brown '70 Duster with a built small block that would beat me every time. In my situation it was easier to go with the Gen III for racing, for various reasons, not the least of which was that I won the heads and the prep from B.E.S. by coming in 2nd place at a national event. It made sense to build a gen III since I had had free racing heads.

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To be clear, I'm not saying the G3 is the best at everything either. But sometimes it is a better tool depending on the application.

I wouldn't put a hammer in a sling and huck it at Goliath, a rock is a much better tool in that application.

Edit - not to say David couldn't have defeated Goliath with a hammer, God can do anything. Just that the rock made more sense for that use. :D

But I will argue that a G3 isn't the rock some appear to be saying it is. And that it has some real advantages going for it.

Just like you winning the heads you used, buying a G3 takeout gives me heads that based on empirical evidence are far better than anything I could afford to buy for the LA in my Duster.