Cleaned up Engine Bay.

[FastOrange]

its all about weight.... i liked my lil 434 18deg headed motor

I have thought about going to the 455 Buick just for that reason, they are 150LBS lighter then a BBC and thats with 80LBS of castiron intake.

 

[stroker52]

mine was a dart block 434 sbc with 18deg heads (trick flow) sheet metal intake.. 1050 dom carb the cam was 680 lift soild roller... the heads what ported by a friend... they flowed around 380's on the intake side i dont remember the exh. side number... flat top custom JE pistons gas ported... H beam rods the crank weight was 43lbs Callies copmstar

oh oh an a 300 shot on a plate kit

 

[FastOrange]

mine was a dart block 434 sbc with 18deg heads (trick flow) sheet metal intake.. 1050 dom carb the cam was 680 lift soild roller... the heads what ported by a friend... they flowed around 380's on the intake side i dont remember the exh. side number... flat top custom JE pistons gas ported... H beam rods the crank weight was 43lbs Callies copmstar

oh oh an a 300 shot on a plate kit

What did you have that in?

 

[stroker52]

forgot to say it made 5 passes and went BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!! so i sold everything car an all

 

[Chris]

There is NOTHING like the torque of a built big block! NOTHING!!! Skin on your face pulling back, eyeballs sucked to the back of your skull, heart pounding in your chest, & that hundred $ bill on the dash that you know your passenger CAN'T reach! Heaven & Hell on wheels! I REALLY miss mine, but not the mileage!

You've never sat in this truck then:

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While back in the day there was no substitute for displacement and raw power, nowadays through technology and better understanding of what REALLY makes a drivetrain combination powerful there's no use for such old technology. 30 years ago it was unthinkable to have a slightly modified truck running 10s in the 1/4, now they're easily build able. Infact there's a well known little blue NBS that does it with only a cammed 5.3L.

You can have all the torque in the world, but unless it's matched to the proper gearing it's useless. Not to mention the weight disadvantage. A modern LS 6L with a fairly aggressive cam and otherwise stock components will make your jaw drop when it's tuned properly and matched with a torque converter that utilizes all of said power. It's quite amazing really. Guys are building 500+ hp engines all day long on less than a $1500 budget. The blue truck pictured above only had an LQ9 with a fairly streetable cam, but was tuned to near perfection. It WOULD run rings around any N/A 427 combination of yesteryear, and get 21mpg while doing it. :read:

 

[stroker52]

What did you have that in?

it was in my 82 ss elcamino...

 

[Fobroader]

There is a replacement for displacement, its called boost and computers.

 

[sewlow]

You've never sat in this truck then:

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While back in the day there was no substitute for displacement and raw power, nowadays through technology and better understanding of what REALLY makes a drivetrain combination powerful there's no use for such old technology. 30 years ago it was unthinkable to have a slightly modified truck running 10s in the 1/4, now they're easily build able. Infact there's a well known little blue NBS that does it with only a cammed 5.3L.

You can have all the torque in the world, but unless it's matched to the proper gearing it's useless. Not to mention the weight disadvantage. A modern LS 6L with a fairly aggressive cam and otherwise stock components will make your jaw drop when it's tuned properly and matched with a torque converter that utilizes all of said power. It's quite amazing really. Guys are building 500+ hp engines all day long on less than a $1500 budget. The blue truck pictured above only had an LQ9 with a fairly streetable cam, but was tuned to near perfection. It WOULD run rings around any N/A 427 combination of yesteryear, and get 21mpg while doing it. :read:

And they idle like a swiss watch, not like a can of rocks. 6mpg sucked!

 

[FastOrange]

You've never sat in this truck then:

You must be registered for see images

While back in the day there was no substitute for displacement and raw power, nowadays through technology and better understanding of what REALLY makes a drivetrain combination powerful there's no use for such old technology. 30 years ago it was unthinkable to have a slightly modified truck running 10s in the 1/4, now they're easily build able. Infact there's a well known little blue NBS that does it with only a cammed 5.3L.

You can have all the torque in the world, but unless it's matched to the proper gearing it's useless. Not to mention the weight disadvantage. A modern LS 6L with a fairly aggressive cam and otherwise stock components will make your jaw drop when it's tuned properly and matched with a torque converter that utilizes all of said power. It's quite amazing really. Guys are building 500+ hp engines all day long on less than a $1500 budget. The blue truck pictured above only had an LQ9 with a fairly streetable cam, but was tuned to near perfection. It WOULD run rings around any N/A 427 combination of yesteryear, and get 21mpg while doing it. :read:

Dont care, put an LS in YOUR truck, Not my style. and no way i could even find a LS engine running for under $1000 up here.

BTW, show me PROOF that guys are building 500HP 6.0L's with nothing but a cam, that makes no sense to me.

 

[stroker52]

no numbers but a sick truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HETZOqY-9A