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Bob Bender 04-17-2010 04:09 PM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN (Post 182527)
Be a man and run it with a stick......lol. All kidding aside there is less competition in a stick class. With todays upgraded parts I doubt you will break it very often. Cal Method from Washington state ran a stick 283 Wagon years ago before Jerico trans, etc. and was a killer in his class.

All my old cars were "STICK" but now Im old....................:cool: and broke.....

Lew Silverman 04-19-2010 12:04 PM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Wagonboy -

I've been asking myself those same questions. I've somewhat come to the decision to build the 327 for now to run in O/SA, only because the engine in the 66 Bel Air 6-passenger wagon I bought had a mixture of correct and incorrect parts for the bigger engine, and this is my first small-block in about 30 years. I also thought that the 283 might be more of a "challenge" to get dialed-in right from the start. The stick option sounds intriguing too! Nothing quite like "two-tons 'o fun!" :D:D

Good luck and I hope to see you out there this summer!

Lew

treessavoy 04-19-2010 12:42 PM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Just curious but where would this combination fall with a 427?

JimR

Lew Silverman 04-19-2010 01:28 PM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Looks like G/S(A) with the 390 HP and D/S with the 425 HP (stick only). That's for the 6 passenger version.:)

treessavoy 04-20-2010 12:02 AM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
That's a lot of tonnage to launch with a stick, might have to use a rear end out of an Army 5 ton truck.

JimR

greg fulk 04-20-2010 12:51 AM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
I think the 327 will do just fine....Question for you....just what do you want to do with this car?? do you want to run a Div race here & their ....maybe a National that's close to ya? Maybe run @ the local "bracket" track from week to week? or chase points?

Mark Yacavone 04-20-2010 12:57 AM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
My experience is you're better off with the heavy 4 bbl combos, rather than the lighter 2 bbl cars in about P and down.
In the classes from about O (15lbs) and up , you are better off with a lighter and lower rated 4 bbl combo, than a heavyweight wagon.

In other words ,it's a 283 ,or forget it.

doug schriener 04-20-2010 11:03 AM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Hi-I was short on experience when I started with my 283 and it's not a hard combo to get dialed in. Doug Schriener

Lew Silverman 04-20-2010 11:33 AM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Doug -

The wagon I found had a mixture of old and new engine parts, mostly later model 350 block and heads. The one thing it DID have was the correct intake, although the carb was a '67 Q-jet, not the one I needed. So now the plan is to get the car up and running (somehow!) with the mule motor, and build a 327(or 283, or both) for later. Not exactly how I wanted to start, but at least I'll be out there and not in the garage! :cool:

Lew

doug schriener 04-20-2010 05:19 PM

Re: what combo is better ?
 
Lew-Let us know how the 327 does-I don't recall seeing this combo before-Good luck. Doug Schriener


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