ideas for a big block chevy engine

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

My friend wants to build a new engine for his street rod.
ASked me about a 454 Econo engine, sleeved & destroked engine ?.
Any ideas ?
Going in a street rod.
What would be good set of heads, etc.?
Have anything for sale ? He Lives in Calif...

He could probably find a 366 Tall Deck truck BBC for cheap. The money saved from sleeving and destroking a 454 would certainly cover the costs for longer pushrods, distributor, and intake manifold required on the Tall Deck engines. Plus the 366/427 Dump Truck motors are 4 bolt main, usually steel cranks, and are a touch wider in physical dimensions to give an appearance that they are 'bigger', the street rod guys usually like that.