No (A) Body in Santa Cruz
I'm leaning toward a 360 'cause it is a big, heavy car: ~4000lbs loaded, so torque is my friend. It'll just be street driven, and I'm a pretty mellow fellow, so all about your race builds are interesting to read about, but not really the direction I'm headed.
To some extent it'll also depend if a suitable built engine comes my way. A couple months ago there was a rebuilt 340 on the local Craigslist for several weeks at a real reasonable price, but I hadn't decided yet that I was really going to to the swap. I snoozed & it was gone.
I did get a great deal on a never installed TCI-built 727, so at least that part is decided.
Way OT, but I'm proud. Here is the engine in the '50:
I'm leaning toward a 360 'cause it is a big, heavy car: ~4000lbs loaded, so torque is my friend. It'll just be street driven, and I'm a pretty mellow fellow, so all about your race builds are interesting to read about, but not really the direction I'm headed.
To some extent it'll also depend if a suitable built engine comes my way. A couple months ago there was a rebuilt 340 on the local Craigslist for several weeks at a real reasonable price, but I hadn't decided yet that I was really going to to the swap. I snoozed & it was gone.
I did get a great deal on a never installed TCI-built 727, so at least that part is decided.
Way OT, but I'm proud. Here is the engine in the '50:
