29 Jul 97 08:47, Puleeeeze Brer Jack Schwendener, Dooooon't trow 396 in dat 
der Briar Patch!
 JS>
 RW> JS>> (And stock 2 bbl. 265s didn't turn 7000 rpm either .... )  ;-)
 JS>
 RW>> Wanna bet!
 JS>
 JS> Well, no, I really don't want to get into a "spitting" contest with
 JS> you. But I was there and I know what the stuff could do. So maybe
 JS> we'll just have to agree to disagree ....
Tell ya what.  Listen to this story and I'll leave you alone.  This was 
1962/3 or thereabouts.  I had a 55 Del Rey w/265 2bbl and 3spd overdrive. My 
buddy had a 55 Pontiac, 3spd period.  Both were the pillar tudor models.
I could clean his clock anytime.
One nite, he challenged me to another go.  As his tail lights disappered in 
the nite, I heard the valves of my little 265 just banging away.  When I 
looked at the tach, it read 7000rpm (still have that tach) and I shifted into 
second. I'll admit that I was fortunate to have an engine left, but the thing 
did rev to that rpm without harming it what-so-ever.
When I cornered him I asked what he had done to make it that fast.  1957, 
347ci Pontiac engine.  This prompted me to buy my first 327 to make it a 
little faster.
You can go now.
... Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
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