what combo is better ?

[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

[greg fulk]

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]

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]

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]

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!

Lew

[doug schriener]

Lew-Let us know how the 327 does-I don't recall seeing this combo before-Good luck. Doug Schriener