Thread: What Is Your Favorite Sb Chevy ?

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leave it to dave to let the cat outta the bag

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Don't have to, already know!!! It's what Ford calls the 390 when they put it in a truck!!!!!

Geez, I thought that's what I said!!!!

Originally Posted by erik erikson

Is no one going to ask what a 391 is??

A 305 with a bowl blend and a gasket match???

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

IS THERE ANY ONE OUT THERE????

my fav small block chevy is the one holding my boat in place while i fish

I would vote for the 327-365 horse smallblock. That was the basis of many of my own performance projects for 20 years. In a Nova or Corvette the motor could handle most hipo big blocks. I found it to be tough, powerful, and reliable.

When I worked at a Midwestern Chevy dealer in the late sixties, the local sprint car racers would add a Vertex mag, Hilborn injection, and a roller cam to a crate motor, and have a highly competitive engine!

Is no one going to ask what a 391 is??

Bore 4.030
Stroke 3.83 ???

Favorite sbc??? Why that would be the 427. GM or Hardcore either would be just fine. Could put some oomph in the old gocart.

I dont know what a 391 one is so someone please enlighten me.

My favorite is the 265 I think because it the first and I just love those factory valve covers. My father has an all original unmolested one still running in the 55 Chevy in his garage.

I started building these when a customer need his crank turned.
The 391 is built using a 3.75 stroke crank which is then "off-set ground" to 3.832 in stroke.
The combo uses the std. 5.7 rod in length.
Yes,this combo. will fit in a stock block but will require a small base circle cam.

Aw man Erik...you should have let them work on the answer some more before revealing it....

Originally Posted by erik erikson

I started building these when a customer need his crank turned.
The 391 is built using a 3.75 stroke crank which is then "off-set ground" to 3.832 in stroke.
The combo uses the std. 5.7 rod in length.
Yes,this combo. will fit in a stock block but will require a small base circle cam.

Oh THAT 391!!!!! Thought you were talking about the one (still running) in my old farm truck!!!!

I love this!! Really this is good, Denny and Dave got it right. If sbc's didn't
need the cranks turned so often, nobody would have invented one (391)
at least the real one had a steal crank
Ron

Originally Posted by erik erikson

I started building these when a customer need his crank turned.
The 391 is built using a 3.75 stroke crank which is then "off-set ground" to 3.832 in stroke.
The combo uses the std. 5.7 rod in length.
Yes,this combo. will fit in a stock block but will require a small base circle cam.

How about a 350-60 over with a 400/3.750 crank . 389ci not bad ? COOL

how about a 327 crank in a 400 block a 348

Originally Posted by shoprat

I love this!! Really this is good, Denny and Dave got it right. If sbc's didn't
need the cranks turned so often, nobody would have invented one (391)
at least the real one had a steal crank
Ron

Yeah, if my brother-in-law would ever quit using the old thing I could get all the good parts out of it!!!! Every spring we put in a new set of points, that's about it, then just use it all summer for a multitude of things. The rest of the truck is junk, even been rolled off a silage pile once, but that old 391 just keeps running!!!!!