273 with 360 heads/valves

replicaracer43 said

Cool story bro......273s had all the "good parts" ? you mean the early ones that had adjustable rockers we all rob off of them, right? The heads were terrible, rods were tiny, bore was small, that engine requires a DOME piston to even get to 10.5 to 1 compression ....crank was ok....what were the "good" parts? crank and rocker arms? I have a customer with a 96 ram van, 318 magnum with 365K miles on it also.........just sayin

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For a 273 they are good parts, the heads are to small for any other small block but head flow per cubic inch the 273 is the highest of them all. Which makes them good little revvers and it's a lot easier to get 1.5 hp per inch out
of a 273 than a 408 or even 340/360.

It all depends what your after, to me it more interesting trying to squeeze 400 hp out of a 273 than a 360
Especially if your willing to live with race car idle, high stall and deep gears.