Thread: Need help to push vega down the track,sbc

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

If for nothing else then the reliablity factor, I'd say sell the small block stuff and put in a big block and a glide.... You will make waaaaaaay more torque at a much lower RPM making the consistency of the car much better..... It's much easier to dial in a big, fat, lazy, low revving big block then it is a peaky small block....

If you have to stay with a small block, then build the biggest stroker you can afford, like a 406, and select the cam, intake, and carb for getting all the torque in at a low rpm, balance the entire rotating assembly, and shift the glide at 6200 rpm.

1/8 mile or quarter mile it doesn't matter.... It is far more important to have a consistent car then it is to have the fastest car..... Consistency and good lights coupled with a low maintenance easy on parts engine will win a whole lot more rounds then a car that will give you your fastest time ever this round.....then be a tenth slower next round!!!!!

I remember you saying that but I think a big block is a little much for the vega. Maybe a little to much for me at this time,I have other high dollar projects,LOL. I am looking for dependabilty of course, but for now just something I can beat the living hell out of at the track More of a learning tool for me and my boys. With your experience how much HP could a stock (509) 400 block handle, filled to the gills of course? Not trying to start a whole 400 sbc are junk thread again....... I have heard 5-600 HP filled no heavy power adders....