Agreed. I've had some real gas sucking pigs of 360s..that couldn't get out of their own way over the years
BTW... someone posted that you can't have a 318 thread without it turning into arguing.. i thought this thread was pretty civil
I have a 340 with the 284/484 cam and ran it at the strip for a number of years. It was great in a 340. Just a little lumpy and pulled over 325 at the rear wheels on a chassis dyno. I am restoring the Cuda now and going with a 340 with the 280/480. On first fire, it sounds excellent, but need to get the car completed to know how it runs. The original 340 for the Formula S is in a corner just waiting for the other engines to blow. But that will never happen!
So far it has been.Yup.. see the trick is you keep that 2bbl intake which creates a venturi effect.. It's all about velocity and filling the cylinders.
BTW... someone posted that you can't have a 318 thread without it turning into arguing.. i thought this thread was pretty civil
It seems a lot here build what I call "full throttle blip burnout machine" something you only can go full throttle seconds at a time or other you be at crazy speeds for the street and to be able to spin the tires at will.
Yeah, not everyone needs or even wants 600 plus HP.It seems a lot here build what I call "full throttle blip burnout machine" something you only can go full throttle seconds at a time or other you be at crazy speeds for the street and to be able to spin the tires at will.
Some might want a more balanced driving experience at normal road speeds especially if you setup for twisty back roads you don't want the pedal so finicky you end up wrong end into a tree.
One funnest cars I had was an old Honda Prelude wasn't overly powerful but peppy as hell could do 7800 rpm shifts had something like 4.88 gears, an was real fun at reasonable into road speeds even the 4.6l Crown Vic cab I drove was fun beating the **** out of them driving drunks home at fairly high intown speeds trying to clear out the town after the bars closed or chasing down runners through parks fields school yards hitting them with a drivers doors as they tried to run
One thing people seem to overlook is where and how wide the powerband is, to me it seems like you like a 273 for similar reasons I liked the Honda, rpm, for a relatively modest hp you probably have a wide and high top end to your powerband probably and if you had a 360 or larger be more like a truck's powerband.
I wouldn't mind one day build like a gutted early A 4 gear road carver that does 7000+ rpm shifts at reasonable road speeds, maybe a 170 /6 or 273
small block with 4.57s will do that fine
Guys will never get it, and it beats anything I've ever seen. A flat 300HP in a light A body with a good setup in the car can see 12.90s. I've done it. It had 4.10 gears, but I've done it. That car was a hoot and a half to drive on the street, too. Even with the 3.23s swapped back in for the street, it did burnouts on command.That's me... if i can make 350-400 i'm fine.. i drive 6 miles to work on backroads, so i'm building car that will do 65mph tops most of the time and just be fun to get to 60 quickly
If you look at most sports cars, super cars before the last ten years they generally didn't make the crazy hp they do today and the ones that were praised had the most balanced road experience at all different driving conditions not necessarily the most powerful. But that takes a lot of fine tuning to get it the way you want it and some seem to want a car that like the Taz spinning through town.That's me... if i can make 350-400 i'm fine.. i drive 6 miles to work on backroads, so i'm building car that will do 65mph tops most of the time and just be fun to get to 60 quickly
A lot of people enjoy the car hobby in many different ways, some have multiple cars to enjoy different aspects of it, it's what makes the hobby so interesting.
That's me... if i can make 350-400 i'm fine.. i drive 6 miles to work on backroads, so i'm building car that will do 65mph tops most of the time and just be fun to get to 60 quickly
You tell me! I knew of their legendary greatness long before, but after meeting and befriending Bruce (RIP) I just kinda fell in love with them. I think part of it is because they are extremely archaic in their design. It's just really cool to see them run.
I think for me it was that my first car was a /6... 1967 coronet in 1986. It was sitting on flat tires in front of a house with michigan rust holes and through the body panels (big holes) i asked what they wanted for it and the lady laughed and told me to take it.. I put in a $11 timing chain (at the time you could buy a chain without gears) and drove the piss outa that car.. about as reliable as you could get .
My Uncle use to tell me stories of a local hopped up /6 that would smoke a lot of the cars in the street races around here in the early 70's, cause he could hook up and go.
