Why Men Like Me Love Big Block Engines
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Since the 60's and 70's, in the era of the muscle car, the red blooded American male has had a true blue love affair with the big block engine. Gasoline & soda's was cheap and the times were good! The innate desire by most males for more horsepower under the hood was at an all time high! Powerful big block engines in the muscle cars was enough to turn a boy into a man, almost a first crank. It was like being handed the keys to manhood.
Even most classic car buffs can't advocate trying to drive cross-country in an old gas hog of a muscle car. Most people are now looking at the most fuel-efficient hybrid SUVs. For an everyday driver to work, I still use my Toyota Pruis (I know...it does sound wimpy) but my budget wins out. It gets over 60 miles per gallon and who can argue with that? It saves me a ton of money at the pump.
Saving money during the week is fine and dandy, but when the weekend comes... I am not into that. I want to have fun! I like to get in my 1968 Chevy Camaro with its powerful big block motor and go to the local car shows and races. Some people like to trat theirs with kid gloves, but I am a real man with a real plan to treat my big block like it was designed to be treated....rough! I like to let my neighbors know when I leave my driveway that I am going out to have some redneck fun for the weekend! To be behind such a powerful machine, with the horsepower & performance of that big block engine makes my adrenaline pump and my testosterone "happy". I am like a kid on a pony! Grinning ear to ear!
I can't help but LOVE big block engines. Especially Chevrolet big blocks! Heck, I even love big block Fords! But give me a kick butt Chevy 454 big block any day and watch me nearly cry for lack of words to describe the joy of experiencing it. In fact, one my favorite things that I love about these powerful motors from the 60's and 70's, of course, is the noise and the sheer horsepower. I'll confess, I'm a typical man in this respect. Nothing is more beautiful to my ear than the growl of that big block Chevy engine of mine at full throttle! It takes me back to my teenage years squalling tires and breaking hearts! The big block engine roar is like music to my ears.
When the tire burn rubber and squeal (like teenage girls at an Elvis or Beetles concert back in the day), and my muscle car tears up the strip at breakneck speed it gives me a natural high like nothing else. I absolutely love big block engines, but what I like most is the way they take me back in time. Back when cokes were a quarter, and chicks were all over me. When I really think about it, a man's love affair with the big block motor is like our fascination with certain parts of womans anatomy.. we do like them bigger!
Looking at my fascination closer, I really like the fact that it is so much easier for the shade tree mechanic like myself to work on these big blocks over te new-fangled computerized engines of today. Today's trend is geared toward the high-tech computer controlled engines. It is nearly to the point that cars are so dependent on their computer boards that it it is nearly impossible to work on them much without professional training. It is heading in that direction anyway.
Its no lie, I love my old big block engine cars. I love to get under the hood, and tinker with the motor. If I take a notion, and want to get my engine bored, add custom aftermarket parts, "bling"ing it out to the max, then it is definitely very doable. I call my vintage car my big boy's toy!
Big block engines are pretty easy to work on, and provide an experience to the male mind that only the love of a woman comes near. The best part is that a engine won't ask you to take out the trash or vacuum the carpet! Seriously though, having a big block car is akin to growing hair on your chest.. It is a male thing to do.
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