If you could build an engine any way you wanted to
 

Thought this might be an interesting discussion, hope it hasn't already been covered.

Predicated on the early musclecar motif, what would your "dream" musclecar engine be, and how would you build it?

SBC?

BBC?

Hemi?

Ford Cammer?

RA IV/V Pontiac?

Buick?

Oldsmobile?

Budget build or "money is no object"?

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Crossram 302! Or just a 302? And it would have to be in a nostalgia 69 Camaro. You really can't do a budget build on something like that.

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How would you build it?...mild or wild?

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I'd want to be able to dump the clutch and be looking at the sky. He he.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nova Jed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'd want to be able to dump the clutch and be looking at the sky. He he. </div></div>

I had a clutch explode like that once, too. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
Bought a scattershield and fixed the hole in the roof.

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I would just be happy to have charley give me the keys to &quot;jackass&quot;. My kind of engine and car. Roger

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I'd like to build several different 427 CID variation with the same carburetor, camshaft duration @.050, header diameter, etc. and compare them on a Dyno. That's a very attainable displacement for many engine groups and you'd have your standard BBC 427, a conventional 427 SBC, an LS-style 427, and even a 409-W-style 427 CID. I'd have to say that the LS engine would probably win but it would be interesting to compare.

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On another note, I'd like to see a comparism of the 1970-71 &quot;phantom&quot; Supercars that were never built just to see how things would have played out if the Musclecar era hadn't started slowing down after 1970. I'd want a 454-465 LS-7 Chevelle, a 455 CID Stage II Buick Grand Sport, and a Ram Air V GTO. These three cars put together as close to factory spec as possible as matched together on a Dyno and maybe even a Dragstrip would have been a ton of fun!

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always been a fan of the Mclaren 430 can am BB's with kinsler injection and calliope stacks. wicked 700+ HP. and look neat as hell. im not a road racer but i am a fan. id still stick it in a gasser recreation.

this.
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Nuff said......
http://www.tra-coengines.com/images/transam.jpg