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Great Thread
Good info
Even better Stiring.

Originally I was going to use a LS1. I copped a lot of talk about going modular / 5.4 Boss, but the weight, not the size as it does fits, put me off. At the Nats, it's usually the smaller engines and well sorted cobras that are fastest. Put a big block in the front or forced induction or even both, appears to me to negatively affect handling and drivability out of corners, just too much torque to control.

But I chose a Windsor because I was lucky enough, kept one ear on the ground constantly, to find a T3 from a Tickford TE50. 5.6Ltrs or 342 ic. 250kw stock. Ok it's heavier than a LS1, there were no LS2's when I bought it, but it's just as powerful and has what an LS1 never had, a bottom end.

It's a Ford which is what my heart said to get.

If you don't mind spending a few bucks, you can easily get 400hp from a 302. It's enough.

A nicely sorted 347 will net 500+HP. More than enough hey Phil!

Finally,
Are the days of big gains on just a tune on a LS2,76,98 etc still here?
I was told by a Chev tuner that unless accompanied by mods, there are not much gains left to be had on LS2+. The LS1 was dumbed down HP wise for Oz, the first were 225kws when a crate motor from memory was 257odd kws? You Chev guys will know more about this stuff than I do.