Funny how the SBC has gone from "the" motor to have in the '50s and '60s to a
pariah in later years. It's not a particularly sexy motor, but I doubt
there's been a better horsepower per dollar producer out there. I spend some
time on a "traditional" hot rod site:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5 and the mouse motor
is truly reviled. Probably due to the easy availability of Chevy crate
motors. But when I grew up, if you had a 'vette motor in your rod, you ruled
the world. OTOH, today's engine swappers are head over heels about the LS
series motors. Drop one of these in a Miata and watch out!
Rick
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--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Jody Kerr <jodyfkerr@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Jody Kerr <jodyfkerr@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] A serious YELLOW Healey <G> !!
To: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Cc: "List Healey" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 6:34 PM
Ok, wanted to clarify things a bit. For some bizarre reason people in
Arizona like to remove perfectly good engines from rare vehicles and
drop a Chevy 350 motor in there. I've seen Studebaker Golden Hawks
(which had a beautiful motor and paxton supercharger) get changed for
no reason. Add to that a list of other cars of similar quality of
motor and or rarity "ruined" (in my opinion mind you) at car shows. It
makes me a little crazy. Then there's the guys that spend upwards of
75K to build a ford/buick/plymouth/cadillac/studebaker/hudson hot rod
and put in a chevy motor. I mean hell, if you're going to spend that
much, put a more appropriate engine in place.
Jody
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