Sorry... I'm a big block Guy !!
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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ScampMike
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-- to each his own - 100% all good
Why
ScampMike
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I recently read that stock 340 A cars were slightly faster in the 1/4 than 383 A cars and that they handled slightly better too because of the weight difference between a small block and a big block - to even it out - call them equally optioned 69 Darts..
ScampMike
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personally, I just like 'em.. "tighter" sound maybe - there is something about them.. maybe because they aren't supposed to make 500hp and yet...
ScampMike
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I also remember seeing a 340 Dart smoke the doors off of a 396 Chevelle years ago - THAT made an impression
Im helping a buddy plan out one. The biggest thing is trans selection. Every type of trans would be on the table including 518s. He's injured vet so shifting a manual is out of the question
ScampMike
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and a buddy had a 71 Challenger he dropped a warm 340 into.. that thing cooked right along!
Ddaddy
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ScampMike
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nice - can you put a center cap on that back wheel!!?? it's driving me flippin' nuts! LOL
ScampMike
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in an A body?
Ddaddy
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Just got back from the car meet. There were probably 100 cars there during the time I was there. It was a good time, but by 11 am it was just too damned hot so I headed back home.
It was a nice hour long drive each way so it was a good shakedown trip for the GTS. Everything performed just great!
It was a nice hour long drive each way so it was a good shakedown trip for the GTS. Everything performed just great!
No. He's working on an old 40s dodge business coupe.
ScampMike
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nice parting shot!
- I've seen that somewhere before....
Ddaddy
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ScampMike
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so room isn't a real concern then.. 'cause the small blocks are well, smaller, and easier to work on - especially in an A body
ScampMike
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there ya go - settled my soul
Yep. Biggest concerns the trans. Has to be auto. Would like to use the 518 with OD. He doesn't have the bank for a gear vendors overdrive or that'd go in and we'd just go big block.
Definitely cheaper to go small block. Now my Big blocks always beat the small blocks.
Thanks Dad
There it is. Thsnks
ScampMike
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I have no doubt - what I am referring to is as built - off the lot cars - and the article said they tended to be slightly faster. You know, once you start changing things, things change.
I drove it home with open headers and slicks
Ddaddy
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I just found this in the corner of one of my pics from the show today. It seems like the GTS was getting some serious looks while I was on the other side of the parking lot...
ScampMike
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I mean look at my jalopy - it's just a Scamp - on the outside. PO had a 150 shot on it - it ran high 6's in the 1/8th - small block
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