Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
That is fine. I want a third gen for the street. If I want to go fast- Chevrolet made a few Z06s! Barber is about a half day's drive from here!
No one is talking about fast, but if you have a car that can be quick in getting out of its own way, it is a much more pleasurable car to drive. But it could be worse I suppose, you could be asking about a 262 small block. If I don't sell my 86 this year, its 305 HO is getting the old heave ho in favor of a better mill.
(Current, NOT old iron big block) LS7 block, built with premium forged internals, ~11.0:1 compression, and nice aftermarket heads, and a FAST intake (IF you don't mind giving up the carb, and going to a stand alone ECM system/ignition), ARH LSx swap/conversion 2" primary race headers.
LOTS of power, and you lose all of that mass off of the nose with the alloy block/heads.
I have a 1970 370hp LT1 shortblock kicking around still. I would probably just freshen it and throw some aluminum heads and dual quads on it. I also have a good 383 kicking around too. I am not an LS engine swapper. I like to keep the upgrade subtle.
Understood.