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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:46 AM
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guess no one is curious of what I am possibly putting in.....
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You should get rid of the old 327 for a new highly techincal 1.6 Liter VTech motor to get some real power.
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you should get kicked in the ***** just for saying that.
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Originally Posted by korndogg
you should get kicked in the ***** just for saying that.
You could do that but since I'm so weak I normally cry like a little girl until the other person feels so dispised by me they walk away. That's when I hit them with a bat in the back of their head.

Hey, you've seen me. I could never win a fight.
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lol yeah....


anyway...back to my cooooooool engine that Im going to go check out tomorrow that noone cares about.
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I'm curious....If you want you can just tell me
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Originally Posted by archemedes
spoken like someone whose never experienced the dark side.There is nothing like a big block, and if you bore the cylinders you have to replace teh pistons (bore is next oversize)
i meant if he wants to get higher compression he can when he changes the pistons and if he rebuilds it he will want to bore it anyways so yea i meant go with a bigger bore and you can choose your dome for more compression or lower if he wants a supercharger or something. and ive ridden in my dads car when he had the big block in. yes it was insane but if you dont have a ton of money then theres nothing wrong with rebuilding a 327 for a lot less.

what kinda engine you looking at?
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Originally Posted by 69z-28
i meant if he wants to get higher compression he can when he changes the pistons and if he rebuilds it he will want to bore it anyways so yea i meant go with a bigger bore and you can choose your dome for more compression or lower if he wants a supercharger or something. and ive ridden in my dads car when he had the big block in. yes it was insane but if you dont have a ton of money then theres nothing wrong with rebuilding a 327 for a lot less.

what kinda engine you looking at?
a 327 can be built to make more power than a similar 350 (alomst as much as the chevy 302 can) the short stroke is better for hp (hurts torque a little though)
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Wow, I guess no one cares Mark. But they should because it's an awesome engine you're checking out.
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im lookin at a 454. Im just not too sure about it now cause its a truck block. The truck blocks have a **** load of torque but not so much hp. so I dunno yet.
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Originally Posted by korndogg
im lookin at a 454. Im just not too sure about it now cause its a truck block. The truck blocks have a **** load of torque but not so much hp. so I dunno yet.
You can always work on that after you get it. I'm sure it'll make more than your 327 and let's be honest, torque is just plain fun to have.
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well i think they have about 230hp and around 400 ft/lbs of torque.
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Originally Posted by korndogg
well i think they have about 230hp and around 400 ft/lbs of torque.
Put a nice cam and port the heads. You'll lose torque but you'll gain horsepower.
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grrrrr I dunno what to do...some people are saying to spend the money on the 327 and some are saying to get the 454 lol....fawk
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Do you have to give the guy an answer soon? I'd say research both as much as possible and see what the costs would be on both and what kind of hp/tq you'd be looking at. Personally I'd get the 454 and go from there but it's up to you.


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