{"id":13392,"date":"2010-11-08T21:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T04:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/"},"modified":"2010-11-14T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T22:14:40","slug":"best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbest-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F11%2FSEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster.JPG&amp;description=Drag+Racers+from+SEMA+Vegas%3A+Small+Chevy+427\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[13392]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" data-text=\"Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427\" data-desc=\"SEMA Car Show - Our Favorite Engines I gotta be me! How could I resist the power packed old school nastiness of this blown small block Chevy riding in an authentic nostalgia dragster? Why would I want to? I talked to Dennis Overholser from Painless Performance wiring about his new ride. It's almost\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster.JPG\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>SEMA Car Show &#8211; Our Favorite Engines<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[13392]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13394\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"SEMA 2010 Best Engine - Blown Small Block Chevy Front engine dragster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster.JPG\" alt=\"SEMA 2010, sema show, Front Engine Dragster, Blown Chevy\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Blown-Chevy-Dragster-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I gotta be me! How could I resist the power packed old school nastiness of this blown small block Chevy riding in an authentic nostalgia dragster? Why would I want to?<\/p>\n<p>I talked to Dennis Overholser from <a title=\"Easy to install custom wiring\" href=\"http:\/\/www.painlessperformance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Painless Performance wiring<\/a> about his new ride. It&#8217;s almost ready to run the full Comp Cams roller equipped Dart block at a &#8220;Drag strip near you!&#8221;\u00a0 Dennis can&#8217;t terrorize an existing Nostalgia Drag Racing class because of the electronic fuel injection he used but he&#8217;ll still be able to tear up the quarter mile! Did I sense a little hesitation to drop the hammer Dennis? Prove me wrong!<\/p>\n<p>Dennis already has the <a title=\"Hot Rod from a Truck Body\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/1-painless-way-to-a-roadster-pickup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Truckster featured here<\/a> from 2009 SEMA Coverage, so check it out!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[13392]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13398\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"SEMA 2010 Best Engines: Injected 427 Chevy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser.JPG\" alt=\"SEMA 2010, sema show coverage, Injected 427 Chevy big block\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser.JPG 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SEMA-2010-Injected-427-Gasser-400x337.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Something like the <a title=\"Another Blown and injected Chevelle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-ls-chevelle\/\" target=\"_blank\">custom fuel injected LS motor<\/a>, I&#8217;m a sucker for stand up fuel injection. This bad 66 Chevelle also runs Hilborn fuel injection, but this time it&#8217;s the original mechanical setup that put Hilborn on the map and made many weekend tuners wear a thinner head of hair. I don&#8217;t know much more about this 427 Chevy big block beast, so enjoy it for it&#8217;s simplicity and as an icon of the original solution to making power: Large cubic inches<\/p>\n<p>I must have missed a favorite engine from SEMA 2010. If it did, let me know about it and send over some pictures!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbest-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Drag+Racers+from+SEMA+Vegas%3A+Small+Chevy+427\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/best-engines-sema-2010-nostalgia-drags\/\" data-text=\"Drag Racers from SEMA Vegas: Small Chevy 427\" data-desc=\"SEMA Car Show - Our Favorite Engines I gotta be me! How could I resist the power packed old school nastiness of this blown small block Chevy riding in an authentic nostalgia dragster? Why would I want to? I talked to Dennis Overholser from Painless Performance wiring about his new ride. It's almost\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email SEMA Car Show &#8211; Our Favorite Engines I gotta be me! How could I resist the power packed old school nastiness of this blown small block Chevy riding in an authentic nostalgia dragster? Why would I want to? I talked to Dennis Overholser from Painless Performance wiring about his new ride. 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