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Hard to beat the cubes...Getting a .030 over 360 to a 426 is impressive!
No replacement for cubic displacement they always say

At any rate 2500 bucks is not a bad deal...Then you need some oval port aluminum W2 racing heads a Air Gap intake, Demon carb...It gets expensive quick....

But for about $10,000 you will definately have a motor that will run with anything out there....600 hp without nitrous easy...In a lightweight small block that is amazing....Bang for the buck it is hard to beat...

...Mind you it is tough to get a car that can handle that kind of power down the track or street without mini tubs, tying in the frame rails and a roll cage...

putting too much motor in a Car means mini tubs and a roll cage at the local track...Once you go faster than 11.5....And with a small block Stroker kit you can top that in your sleep.

First thing you do with any mopar engine is: get a sonic test done. Mopar are known for end of a production run to cut back on metal ( thin wall casting). Sonic test will show you wall thickness. Between the water jacket & piston wall. When making the block at the factory if there is a core shift. The clearance will be less. In other words: you are limited to what you can overbore the block. In '72 late & in '73 Mopar put out alot of thin wall casting blocks!!! This info is not limited to Mopar only. Chevy put out some bad 427/454 blocks.

I say find some 318 fast burns, port them. and put some 2.02 1.60's in. Go for compression. Plain them .030 thou.

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