I need opinions for powering my 66 Chevy II project in the near future:
One is: I´ve got the original 283 block, it's in mint condition, and i planned on boring it .060, using Vortec heads and installing twin turbos, or...
Two: I also have a 454 block, in really good shape, and in that case will use a steel 427 crank (like the revs) and 781 or 049 oval port heads.
The car has a Heidt´s front end and a reinforced frame, i´ll also reinstall the original M-20 trans (once i rebuild it), and will use a rather long rear ratio (3.08 3.23) because the car will be almost always street driven, and since gas here is kinda expensive i want to have some decent mileage, besides the frame is really light so my guess is i´ll still be pretty quick
I really like both of them because the rat will have lot's of torque, but the turbo powered 283 will hang in there in my opinion, and get better mileage also, any thoughts????
The mechanical aspect is not an issue since i really enjoy wrenching!!
Thanks
Martín