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Originally posted by sigung86
Hi 1fastdog,
Was that 327 based on the original 327 or a downsized 350? I had one many years ago in a 64 Chevelle, and despite the fact everyone esle called it a "Mouse Motor", it was a strong stormer!
Thanks,
Dan
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5.3l lower performance, which as I understand, was ruled out fairly early. The 327 was closer to being a "square" motor, meaning bore close to the size of the stroke.
A pal of mine has a 331c.i. motor that is mildly tuned @ 790HP..
We may both agree that you have to spin a smallblock pretty hard to make 790, but in Super Truck you don't even have a ghost of a chance with 790HP. He has a lot of fun bracket racing it as it will run a consistant 7.80 all day long. Super Truck, on the other hand is well sub 7.40's to even hope to get to the ladder.
The smallblock, to me, is a "better" race motor than the Rat motor. I feel it will run harder, longer. No question a bigblock will torque you where ya wanna go, but the smallblock is where it's at with pushrods and endurance roadracing.... Other than CanAM weight cars over a short sprint distance.
The Gen III smallblock is a very good motor that can make 450-500 HP in relatively mild tune and still have a wide torque curve.
