voiceofstl
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I say NO. Unless your into quarter mile raceing. For a good street car a 340 or 360 is more then enough and you can keep the great handeling.
Well that’s certainly one opinion.I say NO. Unless your into quarter mile raceing. For a good street car a 340 or 360 is more then enough and you can keep the great handeling.
Even if it's a factory big block car?I say NO. Unless your into quarter mile raceing. For a good street car a 340 or 360 is more then enough and you can keep the great handeling.
The "nose heavy" issue has been solved by aluminum heads, aluminum intake, headers, aluminum radiator, aluminum bumper, fiberglass hood (with scoop of course), skinny aluminum wheels with skinny tires, etc, etc, etc. So there's no reason for not putting a big block in an A body!!!This game is all about what you like, people's opinions are nothing more than that there's a great body of knowledge available but bottom line build what you love. All V8 A bodies our nose heavy and if cornering is part of the deal then I like small blocks. But the coolest dart I ever drove was a 68 GSs 440 four-speed car 410sDana 60 ram rod shifter, jet black with a black vinyl top so flipping cool oh yeah fender well headers of course and dual 4 barrels.
....but they are so cool.....what's not to like???...I say NO. Unless your into quarter mile raceing. For a good street car a 340 or 360 is more then enough and you can keep the great handeling.
And if it's a B or R/B makes a difference as wellYou can make a big block weigh what a small block weighs much easier and cheaper than you can make a small block weigh what a slant six weighs.
Except for power steering and torsion bar clearance, it's not a terrible fit.
Who's turn'n sharp??? I thought the steering wheel was only used to get off the track and get on the return roadYou don't need aluminum parts to make it happen. All you need are the right size torsion bars, good shocks and an appropriate size sway bar.
There you go!!!Who's turn'n sharp??? I thought the steering wheel was only used to get off the track and get on the return road
Let's leave aluminum blocks off the table because probably only 5% of us use those. I don't see the reasoning behind a b block or a RB block engine with a larger crankshaft larger block size larger heads larger m larger Pistons,larger exhaust can weigh what a small block comparable will weigh? But maybe that's just crazy me.
And the ports are lighter on the big block because they have more air in them where the small block has more cast.The difference between a fully assembled small block and big block is about 150 pounds. Basically nothing as far as the suspension is concerned.
larger stronger. A big block will make 700 and not fall apart whereas a small block will have grenadedLet's leave aluminum blocks off the table because probably only 5% of us use those. I don't see the reasoning behind a b block or a RB block engine with a larger crankshaft larger block size larger heads larger m larger Pistons,larger exhaust can weigh what a small block comparable will weigh? But maybe that's just crazy me.