If you had a finite amount of money... lets say $2500, what kind of engine would you build up and why / how? The goal is the most power you can get out of it without making it a race dedicated engine.
i think i would go with a sbc 350. Theres such a huge market that parts are pretty cheap, theres more avalable and with so many resorces on them it would be easy.
No question about it. I think everyone would go for the 350. It's the cheapest engine to build up and they have so many parts for it, it'd be the best.
one of my friends just built a 433 HP, 460 ft lb, 350 for that price and put it in his firebird.
The 350 is your best bet. Your going to have to do a lot of research on what parts to put on it to get you the most bang for your buck. I recommend going to a library and reading hot rod mag, Super chevy etc.... they have budget motors in there mags all of the time. Also look into a rebuilt motor and rebuilt parts. Heads, cam, carb, exhaust, etc....
I was thinking that too. Then I thought I'd look for things I could do with a Cad500 when I get one, and I figure
$250 for a usable 500 from a junkyard
$250 for an Edelbrock performer intake
$500 for 10:1 pistons
$450 for cam, lifters, valvesprings
$200 for a good set of headers
$200 for a carb, or maybe keep the good old stock Qjet and clean and tune it.
With those mods, I'd expect the Cad to hit around 410-450hp with 500+ torque. The cost would total $1850, so even if it didn't hit my estimated power, there's enough money left over to put a good nitrous system on there for an extra 150-250hp.
I don't know if that setup would be better than a 350 though since I haven't looked into 350s much.
I was thinking that too. Then I thought I'd look for things I could do with a Cad500 when I get one, and I figure
$250 for a usable 500 from a junkyard
$250 for an Edelbrock performer intake
$500 for 10:1 pistons
$450 for cam, lifters, valvesprings
$200 for a good set of headers
$200 for a carb, or maybe keep the good old stock Qjet and clean and tune it.
With those mods, I'd expect the Cad to hit around 410-450hp with 500+ torque. The cost would total $1850, so even if it didn't hit my estimated power, there's enough money left over to put a good nitrous system on there for an extra 150-250hp.
I don't know if that setup would be better than a 350 though since I haven't looked into 350s much.
Q-Jet wouldn't work with your edelbrock performer intake. I suggest getting an edelbrock or demon 850cfm carb for that setup.
I don't get the question. Your asking to modify an engine but not to make it race dedicated obiously once you start modifying an engine it will be producing more hp/tq which would mean better performance which would be better for racing.
Alright if you want to be a pain about it, I mean an engine that is still useful as a daily/weekend driver. So it doesn't need race gas, doesn't need work after every run, etc. Of course there's no chance of making a pure race engine for $2500 anyway. Also, it's obvious that any performance increase would be better for racing but it's also obvious that performance modifications don't always result in a pure race engine..
obiously once you start modifying an engine it will be producing more hp/tq which would mean better performance which would be better for racing.
