Thread: hey all, quick engine question

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.....I'm not trying to answer your question with ideas that your not interested in but; Why do you want something that rev's high up the RPM scale? The reason I ask is to get your HP up high means a big cam, which means high compression, which can play havoc on pump gas. RPM will hurt a motor more than HP which means you muct use top quality parts which means added exspence. Plus you need lower gears to keep it in the upper RPM's which means, more wear & tear on everything & worse gas milage. Is it a street car??? Road racer??? In my opinion Tq. is better on the street cuz it comes on lower on the RPM scale. This means if your crusing down the street at 2000 RPM & you want to take off like a rabbit you must put the clutch in, rev it to 5 grand & pop the clutch. With a low RPM motor you just punch it. Your transmission that is rated at 300 HP/300 TQ would live longer with a low RPM Tq motor. Now some people on the board will certainally disagree with me but I'd put a 350 crate motor in it. Go to SDPC2000.com & check out the crate motors. A 350 with 300 Tq. & 250 HP for $1400 {not counting intake, carb & ignition. Or a 350 w/ 330 HP & 380 Tq for $2400 {again, no carb, intake or ignition}. This puts the Tq out @ 3800 RPM. The trans would live forever. {disclaimer! do this at your own risk}..... But you get the idea. Some of the other folks can fill you in on high RPM motors but your money is going to be lots more, less dependable, worse gas milage, etc, etc, etc....... Again, not trying to tell you want you don't want to hear but this is just my opinion.... bill

Ps, I see you live in Orange County??? Well the Tq motor is also easier to drive in traffic & will run much cooler. So less money spent on your cooling system. Oh, crate motors have warrentees & with custom built high RPM motors you get the tail light warrentee. Meaning it's warrentted until I can't see your tail lights anymore...... Hope this helps ya.....