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08-22-2010 08:47 PM #1
My two cents is you can get as much hp out of it as the amount of money you want to spend.Oh,by the way..............Anyone want to venture a guess at what rpm range that peak hp is going to happen??.Yeah,your going to buzz that 327 up.
Tell you what.One of my pet peeves is questions of hp on street driven vehicles.
Seriously,what segment of that rating do you really get to use on a daily basis?
If I am going to spend my hard earned dollars,I want to be able to feel the effects of that investment every time I drive it.
So it is deductive logic on all the posts before this one.The wise money is in fact spent on stroker 350 or World sbc.Why??.Well from my way of thinking,they create torque which is tons more valuable than hp on street vehicles.
Got to figure if you build a small c.i.sbc for hp,each time you drive it on the street,you get about a 1/3 return on that investment on the basis of what you really feel from the mod.To me,that is a waste of money when you have so many other choices.
Just my two cents worth mind ya.Good Bye
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08-22-2010 08:52 PM #2
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08-22-2010 09:05 PM #3
Old school???.Well in a week I am going to be 63 yrs old.I owned a B/MP 57 Chevy with a 327 at one time.I have over the yrs watched the SBC evolve.Much of what you see today is the end result of solving problems that went on for yrs.Point being not to take a advantage of that development just for the sake of fond memories is a total waste.
My advise to the O/P is to pull the 327 and store it for when you want to sell the car.Then build a play engine so you can go out and have some fun.Honestly it doesn't take much to get 400 hp out of a 383.Last edited by 1gary; 08-22-2010 at 09:23 PM.
Good Bye
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08-22-2010 09:42 PM #4
yes thats true about the technology thing,
but i hate 383's i see them at the track and they do not perform as well as a normal 350. some do but most do not. IMHO they make a great truck motor but just not my cup of tea for a hot rod.
there is something to be said about cube's why not build a 400???????? or a wicked 434
my next race car motor will end up being a 377 when i get to build a new one.
of course if he still wants to build a 283-302-327 i will help him best i can, and BTW modified production was one of the best classes nhra ever had, period.
i am at the moment prepping a 355 13:5-1 6 inch rod motor to drop into my nova. never ran a 350 before so we will see what happens. but if i do not get what i want i am definatley yanking it out in favor of the 302 to go back in. we will find out here in a week or two.Last edited by gassersrule_196; 08-22-2010 at 09:47 PM.
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