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CRATE ENGINES<br />
From Left: ZZ427/480, Ram Jet 502, ZZ572/720R<br />
A Her<strong>it</strong>age of Out-Muscling the Compet<strong>it</strong>ion<br />
A Big-Block car’s arrival is an assault on the senses. You see<br />
<strong>it</strong> in the quivering four-inch-tall cowl scoop of the fiberglass<br />
hood. You hear <strong>it</strong> the muffler-straining note of the sewer-pipe<br />
exhaust. You feel <strong>it</strong> in your chest, as if all eight coffee cansized<br />
pistons were thumping directly on <strong>it</strong>. You smell <strong>it</strong> in the<br />
sweetness of the high-octane exhaust. And you taste <strong>it</strong> as the<br />
b<strong>it</strong>terness of defeat if you’re packing anything less than a Big-<br />
Block yourself.<br />
The Big-Block isn’t just an engine. It’s a tactical weapon used<br />
by those who lurk on the edges of the night, rumbling around<br />
in cars w<strong>it</strong>h primered fenders and fuel pumps hanging below<br />
the rear bumpers. It’s not flashy, but the Big-Block has never<br />
been about winning awards. It’s about ensuring there’s no<br />
way the other guy is going to get around you.<br />
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