04-07-2009, 12:35 PM
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Anyway, what I've always believed is the big blocks (any manufacture) were mostly about producing huge torque numbers while the small blks. were for high rpm's. The good olé' 283 Chevy was one of the best high rpm engines ever produced.
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Agreed, the big block motors of of long ago where designed for low rpm, high torque output, used in trucks and big cars like the gaint station wagons fo t he day.......
My grandpa had a 65 Chevy pickup with a 283, 2V, three speed on the column and in the late 60's when I was driving I would regularly take off in 1st gear and hold my right foot to the floor till the motor "nosed over" before shifting to second. You couln't hurt that motor, after he died, my brother-in-law ended up with the truck and it probably had close to 200,000 miles on it when he got rid of it and it never had a head or the intake off!!!!!!!!!!! It had been well used and "abused" (by me mostly) most of it's life.........
David
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