10,000 rpm v8 (how about Pro Stock?)

[Shannen Durphey]

Bill Edgeworth wrote:
> 
> "Frank/G.speed" wrote:
> 
> > How about NHRA Pro Stock motors?  500 ci, 1300+ hp, 800+ ft-lbs,
> > 9000+ rpm...  naturally aspirated.
> >
> 
> The original comment was that NO AMERICAN PRODUCTION CAR CAME WITH A V8
> THAT WAS MADE TO TURN 10,000 RPM.
> Sorry but I don't think you can go down (or ever could) to your local
> Chev dealer and buy a car with a aluminum or titanium rodded, jessel
> rocker geared engine with a knife edged 4340 crank

You're changing what you're saying, methinks.  Production engines
aside, you're now implying that 10k can't be reached without these
parts.  Somebody's going to have to tell the little old V-8 guys they
couldn't get their engines to rev. 

I'm not the expert.  I'm just noticing a subtle twist.  I'm thinking
that there certainly must be engines that hit that rpm without the
trick parts you mention. Maybe they're not V8s, but given a small
enough bore and stroke, and small enough valves, and the upper rpm
limits have to get pretty high. 

I wonder what was really available, depending on who you were and who
your local Chevy dealer was.
Shannen