Taken at the start of the 2008 New England 1000, two iconic 6-cylinder cars (the maser has been lumped however, with a SBC… sigh) parked in a town square in Vermont.
March 20, 2009
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SBC?
it looks much nicer than the Merc whatever the SBC affliction is…
Jerome
Comment by gondwana — March 20, 2009 @ 10:16 am
SBC = Small Block Chevy. The ubiquitous crate engine that finds its way into everything in America eventually.
Comment by chuck goolsbee — March 20, 2009 @ 10:44 am
“…the maser has been lumped however, with a SBC…”
Check with Sue: In all but the Southern states, that’s an *actionable* offense. I’d take action……!
Comment by vrooomie — March 20, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
so small block Ford like mine would be OK?
so why do they do it? original motor too expensive to repair when it fails sort of thing?
and V8′s can sound pretty good Chuck so it can’t be all bad… you’ve just been a straight 6 man for too long!
Jerome
Comment by gondwana — March 20, 2009 @ 9:03 pm
Jerome, there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with V-8s; I just personally don’t like the rough sound. (Automotive V-8s are, in effect, four Ducati vee twins [90 degree angles between cylinders] ganged together. I *like* the sound of Ducks, but Harley-Davidsons, 78 degrees between cylinders? I *detest* the sound of Hardleys.)
Now, put a set of 180-degree headers on a V-8 and then it sounds *good*…like a straight 6!!
I hope, *hope, *HOPE* whoever swapped out the Maser 6 (a good engine, but not as durable as a Jag 6′er) for a SBC, kept it; otherwise that Maser’s value will drop like a… like a… like an E-Type that been lumped with a SBF which, for that purpose, is a better choice than a SBC.
Comment by vrooomie — March 21, 2009 @ 7:19 am
I’ll take that as a vote of confidence in my SBF over a SBC then vrooomie!
and two wheeled things…. they just fall over when you least expect it!!
in fact here there is a growing trend of over 40 year olds buying big motorbikes because they have the money and they are going out in ever increasing numbers and killing themselves as they don’t have the skill… used to be the crazy young kids doing it but not so much now…
Jerome
Comment by gondwana — March 21, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
Well..depends on whatcha mean by ‘vote of confidence!” In terms of easy and (relatively) inexpensive power generation, the SBC has MANY more goodies to make it roar. If one were lumping an E-Type, the Ferd is better because it’s narrower and doesn’t require advanced butchery of the upper frame rails.
Comment by vrooomie — March 21, 2009 @ 4:58 pm