Its real simple, a smaller engine has to turn more rpm than a bigger one to make the same power.. a equally built 340 or 360 would stomp all over that 273 anyday.....
Yea, people don't wanna spin their 340 to 7,500, then claim they need a stroker engine....nah, you need a solid cam and 4.56 gears
rpm scares people but the short stroke engines are built for rpms
One benefit of the 273 is fuel economy--even with steep gearing if you keep the speed down and drive with a light foot on the gas, it still can pull some decent mpg
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Can I vent.... its too bad the 70's had to be so screwed up with smog regulations..things were moving along so well in the 60's, who knows what the 70's would have brought if the car makers didn't get all those regulations shoved on them. Best part is, after we got done with the 55 mpg to save fuel, we got gas hog SUV's going 75 mph
Now we are to get 55 mpg cars in ten years to make up for it, this is bull....
