Have you ever......bought a part for a future Challenge car because it was cheap.....

Drop that 8.1 in this: http://tricities.craigslist.org/cto/4493529114.html

and then use it to tow your Sunbird to the challenge

wheels777 wrote: How about a complete BBC 8.1L (496 ci) Vortec for $175 with 87K. It was advertised twice on Craigslist. The second time it was half the price and OBO. I offered $150, he said $200, we met in the middle. The bad...it has a chunk broken it of the back of the block and we will have to make an oil filter adaptor... So what's your purchase?

Hmmmmmmm!

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/1410_turbo_torture_testing_a_stock_bbc_short_block/brodix_heads.html

whenever I search BBC on craigslist my results are quite scarier

what has been seen cannot be unseen

The CarCraft 454:

1,200+hp and 1,300+ torque.

Wheels, you really need to build that motor and run 9s at the next challange......you know all of us really want to see you do it. The staff even said they support your effort.......something about seing what you can do with aBBC.....

I never find deals that good around here. That engine would seriously make me giggle if it was shoved into a G Body.