Thread: What Is Your Favorite Sb Chevy ?

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Originally Posted by shoprat

I love this!! Really this is good, Denny and Dave got it right. If sbc's didn't
need the cranks turned so often, nobody would have invented one (391)
at least the real one had a steal crank
Ron

Yeah, if my brother-in-law would ever quit using the old thing I could get all the good parts out of it!!!! Every spring we put in a new set of points, that's about it, then just use it all summer for a multitude of things. The rest of the truck is junk, even been rolled off a silage pile once, but that old 391 just keeps running!!!!!

I haven't built one yet, but I like the idea of a 377. Take a 400 block, 350 crank, 5.7 rods, and stock compression height 400 pistons... and of course a good rotating assembly balance and you've got a 377. The better way to build it would be with 6" rods and aftermarket pistons, but the cool thing about it is you have no clearance issues with rods to cam, or crank to block like stroker motors. And it will rev to the moon.

Originally Posted by 69elko

I haven't built one yet, but I like the idea of a 377. Take a 400 block, 350 crank, 5.7 rods, and stock compression height 400 pistons... and of course a good rotating assembly balance and you've got a 377. The better way to build it would be with 6" rods and aftermarket pistons, but the cool thing about it is you have no clearance issues with rods to cam, or crank to block like stroker motors. And it will rev to the moon.

I do know a guy that has a 377 in a 1962 Corvette with a TH400 and a 9" ford rear end . I think he runs a 488 gear . I did see that car run 11.80s at the track . And he drives it on the street to the local hang outs . And it looks stock with a flat hood !