SB vs BB who wins?
Great thread to read between Christmas and new YEAR!
I'm not sure if it mentioned during the thread, is the poor lifter angle of a stock smallblock?
Availability is a governing factor in any build.
But if you is going serious HP then a 400-230 block is the best!
Then there is the 'lower' RPM argument for a Bigblock.
Using lots of RPM on a regular basis will always kill any engine!
Lets take the Nascar's and the 3-4 hours of high rpm's.
When the 305 was built in 1971 by KB it would spin at nearly 10,000!
How many 'old school' V8 engines would take that for hours on end?
A heavier, but free flowing Bigblock will always win out I bet...:thankyou:
My avatar car had a 547ci '400' Mopar blocked N/A engine that made 1000hp (8.3 @ 175).
Is there any smallblocks N/A that can be made to do that?
Restricting Mopar's best block to 400 cubes is such a waste!:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
I found my 400-230 block in a yard in Arizona!
Great thread to read between Christmas and new YEAR!
I'm not sure if it mentioned during the thread, is the poor lifter angle of a stock smallblock?
Availability is a governing factor in any build.
But if you is going serious HP then a 400-230 block is the best!
Then there is the 'lower' RPM argument for a Bigblock.
Using lots of RPM on a regular basis will always kill any engine!
Lets take the Nascar's and the 3-4 hours of high rpm's.
When the 305 was built in 1971 by KB it would spin at nearly 10,000!
How many 'old school' V8 engines would take that for hours on end?
A heavier, but free flowing Bigblock will always win out I bet...:thankyou:
My avatar car had a 547ci '400' Mopar blocked N/A engine that made 1000hp (8.3 @ 175).
Is there any smallblocks N/A that can be made to do that?
Restricting Mopar's best block to 400 cubes is such a waste!:BangHead::BangHead::BangHead:
I found my 400-230 block in a yard in Arizona!