Thread: 460 vs 454

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Wow I know some dudes like that. I know when to hold em and when to fold em. You ain't going to beat everybody and thats a fact. I learned that the hard way. Thanks

Same engine I have slincoln 3 and for same reasons! Those old Dove heads, and the 10.5:1 factory compression ratio. Hard to beat, for a stock big block. Now if I was real smart one of those new Coyote 5 ltr. Fords(Dave mentioned earlier in this thread) would be the cats meow! Same horse power, lot less weight and better tuning ability, as well as gas mileage!

you can buy a lot of gas for the 460 for what a coyote would cost to install-------

Too true Jerry! But then again, this is never a cheap hobby! In my case I don't think gas would even figure in since It'll take me a few more years to save pennies to get on the road, and I don't plan on a daily driver! I think this young man just wants to build a big block, and so either choices he's come up with are solid builds.

Originally Posted by stovens

Too true Jerry! But then again, this is never a cheap hobby! In my case I don't think gas would even figure in since It'll take me a few more years to save pennies to get on the road, and I don't plan on a daily driver! I think this young man just wants to build a big block, and so either choices he's come up with are solid builds.

i tell all the LS engine guys i know how the flat head guys most of felt when the over head valve engines came out olds .caddys and chevys. like any one on here and me he is still going to build what HE wants. i do not wast time talking a customer out of a brand of engine build .just build it the best way i know how

I once raced a kid in high school who had a 454 in a Chevelle, I was driving one of my Dad's italian imports at the time, a 1967 Lancia Fulvia Zagato. It was a very strange little beast but it was super quick off the line. I guess I just got a bug up my ass, but I floored it and shifted like a mad man, when we hit the t intersection, I was in the lead, just as that monster big block was kicking in, fortunately for me I made the turn left, and he slammed on the brakes and went right, but for a short while I was riding high!
here is a picture of that strange beast(another car but identical! except color)

alot of 454 were pigs gm did there best to really kill them with all the smog crap. a guy i worked for in the early 80s had a doudle dipped in UGLY. 73 suburban babby poop paint color and was about 800.pounds lighter by the rot up to the door handles and the door skins would flap in the wind back door handles rotted off . he hauled cars with it.he did get in to many stop lite races with it hauling a car sometimes . did not get beat much just did some very minor things to it