Quote Originally Posted by erik erikson
What would you like to see?
A blown Fiat four cylinder??

Don't know about the Fiat, but I keep looking at the Triton V-10 I have in the corner... as for the chebbie guys, think if I were building something that I wanted something other then the 350/350 I'd look at the 5.3 and 6.0 engines... and then there's that new hemi..... I've also seen a couple of Lexus engines destined for Hot Rods recently.... The thought has crossed my mind a couple times to try one of the Taurus SHO engines, not sure how one would go about making it rear wheel drive but I'm sure it could be done.

In the beginning of all this Hot Rod stuff, if you didn't run a flathead, you probably had a Caddy or Olds engine. That Northstar engine would sure look sweet with a bunch of that aluminum either anodized or polished!!!! A guy here locally runs a 'glass 28 highboy with the hood top only, and underneath it (and sticking out the sides) is a Ford 4.6 DOHC complete with a 5 speed. He's talking about a supercharger for it this winter!!!! Anothe guy runs a '37 chebbie humback with a Supercharged 3.8 Pontiac engine and 700 R4 tranny.

I know, allegedly the sbc is the cheapest engine to build for performance..... Used to be by a considerable amount of $$$$$ but not so much anymore. The introduction of the 5.0 Mustang has brought out a ton of reasonably priced components for it.... and if all out axle snapping chebbie power was all I wanted, I'd certainly be talking to Eric or Pat and get one of their mega-cube torque monsters ordered!!!! If you want a non chebbie big block, the Ford's, Mopar's, Caddies, Pontiac's, and Olds engines can all be built to deliver in excess of 400 ft pounds of very streetable torque.

I don't know that I'm bored seeing a sbc powering most everything, but I certainly do look a car over a lot closer when it has a more unique form of motivation.... So many choices these days with most all the manufacturers having an engine in their inventory that exceeds 300 horsepower... If a sbc is what you want, then build it. If you think you have to run a 350/350 cuz everyone else does, then you're mistaken. Lots of options, no reason to be afraid to try something else!!!!