Thread: What's the best street rod engine?

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Oh and I forgot---cabrilet for younger son with 4.6 quad cam Lincoln Mk 8 and 5 speed--something he can drive to high school( well now he's married, 27 years old, etc,etc,etc!!!!

And if you want wow-----look at the 32 5w I built for a customer in my gallery

What a loaded question, and no world war three yet!!!!!
I think if you building a light weight rod, a small block anything is the way to go. For a street strip car where you need obscene hp, then a big block! As to make a 327 vette engine is mighty impressive as is the 4.7 litre Ford. Hemis are just plain cool! Then you can go from there to more obscure engines, that are interesting because they are rare. I still believe a 350 Chevy will give you your biggest bang for the buck, but why do the sensible economic thing!

Originally Posted by stovens

I still believe a 350 Chevy will give you your biggest bang for the buck, but why do the sensible economic thing!

You mean like building a street rod? what's sensible and economic got to do with it (sounds like a great song title)

From the dawn of time, hot rodding has been about using what was available, along with a large dose of engine-ewity, to come up with a unique and "better" vehicle. I've grown weary of 350/350 9" Ford powertrains. might as well drive a VW.

Russ