Thread: 396 Chevy- 390 Ford

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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

the 396 is a good engine use to buy the 396 325hp engines for not much in the good old days it did not take much to wake one up headers and cam and like all bbc bottom end could take a hell of a beating . but the 325/350 hp was not the nasty 396 that chevy built the 396 425hp was the nasty one. around town in the late 70s there was mild 396s with headers and intake with a l88 cam that that did the job for the low buck

That set up while fine in 70's when I was a. newborn . Will not net you same results today. I promise you. Times they are a changing....