smallblock intake shootout

rumblefish360 said
Going on what Locomotion was saying;

Alot of guys will come here on the net looking for a big HP numbered engine to install in the car and run like the eind. It's a sorry site to see alot of these questions come up from rookies to the engine building game. They want to install a 400 hp 318 in there A body and get upset when they run a low 14 or high 13.

Balance in the build is everything and when your on the street, you may have to live without some of the nice things the car came with in order to run the number.

Loco's car weight is hefty for a little engine and only runs as fast as it does due to the mods he put into the car.
This could be copied to a degree for the street, but how many want to run the street with 4.86's, 5000 flash stall, single plane etc...and back it up with a 318?

you are absolutely right about what your saying, but i have had a feeling for some time that a "calculated" missmatch can be usefull trying to hook up a very powerfull car on the street, like having alitle high gears or alitle to litle converter just to take alitle of the bite out of it from a standstill (im not promoting streetracing, just looking at it from that aspect) since i know how hard it can be to hook up a serius smallblock on the street having some fun from a standstill.. about trying to street something like locomotions car, i would try it in a heartbeat without thinking twice,but im very used to living with something that is alitle rough to drive and dont mind the sacrifices it takes to go fast, unfortionaly a real fast "stock" typ car will have trouble hooking up on the street since i feel they are realy built to take advantage of every bit of traction a real track has, correct me if im wrong :)