318 power?

318 power?

I don’t know why your brought in other brands, I thought we were talking about 318’s and I he interjected big block which really has no place here.

Dale Davies said
Another is Ford FE series when Al heads and intake are used. Their heads are not too bad, but the Fe intake is a brute! Now look at the SBF. 289 and 302 came with cast 2V intake and weigh about 480 lbs. Replace the top end with Al and that already compact and light engine is down to close to 400 lbs.

Why the F are you bringing Fords into this?
Perhaps your in the wrong forum.

The bottom line is intended use and expectation. If you want to tow a loaded 5th wheel trailer daily, a big block has the meat to handle the stresses and vibration better.

WTF are you talking about now bringing in the 5th wheel?

Can a small block be built to the needed torque and power requirements? Usually yes. But it will normally not last as long. That is why heavy duty truck engines weigh 2500 to 3000 lbs. Lots of cast to absorb the generated stresses. Then there is the industrial engines that weigh tons, run at 1300 RPM for months on end. It is intended use.

So now your bringing in heavy duty truck engines only followed by, tractor trailer semi rigs?

In the '60's many people with holiday trailers owned cars with big blocks to tow them. GVW was not monitored as much as the people driving Caddies, Olds, Buicks, Pontiacs, Chryslers and Lincolns did not seem as inclined to rip up freeways at 90 MPH while towing a fairly large trailer. Now you have the village idiot crowd that can not read functionally, driving a lifted 3/4 ton pulling a trailer at 90 MPH.

And his has to do with what on the thread subject?

So far, you have taken my comment very far out of wack way beyond its meaning & context and twisted it into a nonsense post that has nothing to do with anything.

Why are you posting here?