what combo is better ?

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Bob Bender

Hey ED, be kind. My car is 4400 in O/sa. The 283 is the best bet. The 4GC can be better then the Q-Jet. I do alot of 4GC carbs.

Holy Cow Bobby -- Do you need a CDL to tow that baby around ? And i'll vote for the 283 -- except in August ................

[X-TECH MAN]

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.

[Bob Bender]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

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.................... and broke.....

[Lew Silverman]

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!"

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

Lew

[treessavoy]

Just curious but where would this combination fall with a 427?

JimR

[Lew Silverman]

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]

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