by JASON96R » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:59 pm
I start with I'm not trying to start a fight LOL. To be technical someone said the 350 must be the best engine ever made, so me arguing a big block is an engine. The 350 is a great engine, and it is amazing how cheap things are for them. You can not discount the mini HEMI the 340, that is a nickname it has. There are honestly few of them made and they are expensive but great engines, as are the 360's. If I was to start all over again, I would never throw a chevy engine in my Cuda, but I would go 350 you start so far ahead just because of the price of performance parts for it. A HEMI is just a thing of beauty and was well ahead of its time, first HEMI came out in 1954 I believe, there are also 354 and 392 HEMI. Because like my 360 the 350 came in everything they are just kind of blah to me. A 426 HEMI is just a thing of beauty. Think about this the 426 HEMI was first put into production in a 1968 Barracuda under limited sales. That car was a street legal drag car sold to dealerships, SOX and MARTIN sure you have heard of them, and even some private buyers. That car would run in the low 11's and with some tuning would get into the 10's. I believe they are still considered the fastest in the quarter mile production car ever.
Yes, I am a MOPAR guy, I just like to be different and I love to absolutely destroy the local kid with the Chevelle that his rich daddy built for him.
I start with I'm not trying to start a fight LOL. To be technical someone said the 350 must be the best engine ever made, so me arguing a big block is an engine. The 350 is a great engine, and it is amazing how cheap things are for them. You can not discount the mini HEMI the 340, that is a nickname it has. There are honestly few of them made and they are expensive but great engines, as are the 360's. If I was to start all over again, I would never throw a chevy engine in my Cuda, but I would go 350 you start so far ahead just because of the price of performance parts for it. A HEMI is just a thing of beauty and was well ahead of its time, first HEMI came out in 1954 I believe, there are also 354 and 392 HEMI. Because like my 360 the 350 came in everything they are just kind of blah to me. A 426 HEMI is just a thing of beauty. Think about this the 426 HEMI was first put into production in a 1968 Barracuda under limited sales. That car was a street legal drag car sold to dealerships, SOX and MARTIN sure you have heard of them, and even some private buyers. That car would run in the low 11's and with some tuning would get into the 10's. I believe they are still considered the fastest in the quarter mile production car ever.
Yes, I am a MOPAR guy, I just like to be different and I love to absolutely destroy the local kid with the Chevelle that his rich daddy built for him.