What is the best engine, and why?

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Originally posted by Streets
I iz roight 'ere Dave... Want me ta bring a stick fer ya so's ya don 'ave ta 'ave duh extree weight in duh car when ya come ta visit?? 'ow 'bout a Hickr'y stick?? Mebbe ya kin come up 'n help me wif duh pail wirin'? :LOL:

Git off 390 at 63 and "Come on down"...:p

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I think you have senility or grammar problems streets. Seriously though, i think my 3200 lb car can handle 10 more pounds. As for the weight of towing your pail after you slam it into a tree/truck/Me! i dont know. it might just barely struggle and have to shift at 3500Rs instead of 3000.:LOL: It'll be a while before im out of cutlasses, and itll be even longer before im out of oldsmobiles. With any luck, they'll outlive me :P

I ran across this forum and thought I'd Put in my 3 cents (that is a penny more than 2 cents) I really like my bored .030 over mild cammer 355 c.i.d. SBC. Try and grab that 50 dollar bill on the dash rail as I smash down on the accelerator. When you have an engine that is pushing 420 h.p. to a Ford 9" on a 2500 lb. car, that didn't break the bank to build..........so be it. If I had my druthers, and had a money tree in my back yard I would like to build and have in the old 1930 Coupe one of 3 chioces.

1. Early 50's 270 c.i. Dodge Red Ram Hemi
2. 1962 413 Super Stock Dodge "Max Wedge" Dual 4 BBl cross ram
3. Mickey Thompson's 1964 FORD 427 HEMI THUNDERBOLT.......yes this was a true ford engine ........"T-Bolts" are rare, but Mickey Thompson's Hemi-powered version is the rarest version of them all!!!"
This car is extremely RARE and is one of the most sought after "Muscle Cars" in the world! The car has been fully restored and is in showroom condition. The car was appraised at $500,000 in 1999 and has photo / other documentation included.
In 1964, Ford Company built only 100 factory light weight Thunderbolts. The first 11 were painted Vintage Burgundy, the remaining 89 were painted Wimbledon White. Today 40 years later, less than 60 originals are known to exist. This car number 10, is even rarer. It was Ford's first experiment with a Hemispherical head engine. Car number 10 was the second "Thunderbolt" sold to Mickey Thompson for $1.00. He also purchased car #7 which was driven By Butch Leal as an unaltered factory original. It was the car #10 that Mickey entered into a contract with Ford to design and engineer a hemispherical head version of the Ford 427 Center oiler engine. The heads were cast from Chrysler hemi heads and machined to fit the Ford block. The intake manifold was designed with the carburetors side by side. The name "Thompson" was cast directly into the valve covers.
THIS IS THE ENGINE I REALLY WANT...................Oh well can't hurt to dream.

There are so many answers to this poll ( Just look at al the responses / opinions)
All replies posted are valid.

The big 3 have made in the past and as of the last 4 years are making some of the best engines:

GM
Reliability - the 250 straight 6
Big Block : Power & Reliability The Pontiac/ Buick / Olds 400 , Chevy 402 and LS5-454 -
Big Block:Pure power - Pontiac/Buick /Olds - 455 Chevy 427 & LS6-454 ( You could also include the ZLII 427 - and Optional LS7 from GM High Performance )
Best Small Block - the 283 - 400
BEST ALLAROUND - Small Block Chevy ( Almost 50 years old and still going strong )

Ford
Reliability - the 200 straight 6
Big Block : Power & Reliability 390
Big Block :Pure power - 427 & 429 Super CobraJet
Best Small Block 302 & 351 Cleveland
BEST ALLAROUND - 302 & 351 Cleveland


Mopar

Reliability - the 225 Slant 6
Big Block : Power & Reliability 383 & 440
Big Block :Pure power - 426 Hemi ( Nuff Said)
Small Block : 340
BEST ALLAROUND - 383

All 3 have great Crate engines today and combine both power and reliability
GM - ZZ4 and ZZ4 + the 502 & 572 big Blocks
Ford - 302 and the new 5.4 crate plus a 516 ( Not sure about the actual size)
Mopar - the new 360 and 5.7 Hemi - there is also a 528 Hemi available

small block chevrolet=simple answer....my buddys got a flying 434 inch small block,now guys building em over 454 inches .like wow......when i saw a 434 inch small block run a 5 28 against a 600 ci inch fiberglass/full caged beretta =5 31,framed vehicle vs race car,hell i was hooked.i was always a big block dude but man i did get a wake up call.......imo

Being I bleed ford blue the 427 Cammer is my favorite. Second is the Ford 406 with the tripower induction. I'm hanging on to my old 406 for a while. It's pretty rare and I love the old Ford FE's. G.