The Question of the Week for the week of March 16th, 2015 asked you what’s your favorite American V8 engine?
You voted and these are the results!
| Small & Big Block Chevys | 40% |
| Chrysler Hemi | 26% |
| Ford Flatheads | 12% |
| Other | 9% |
| Studebaker 289 Supercharged | 4% |
| Buick Nail Head | 3% |
| Chrysler Max Wedge | 3% |
Other answers included:
Ford 302
Boss 429
Oldsmobile 455
Ford 351
Ford Coyote
Nothing worse than walking up to a beautiful 34 ford two door sedan ( or any Ford / Chrysler etc ) & seeing a SBC under the hood .But i am noticing that is starting to change .Not saying there is anything wrong with a SBC , either is there with a SBF or Mopar .I used to hear , the sbc is cheaper, or thats what i had. When the first sbc came along , i was there to watch its progression with the after market industry jumping all over its small size short stroke etc . The momentum increased so much some people just simply took it that was the ONLY motor to go with because of the after market throwing parts at it .The y block Ford really took a back seat, but if one looks today at the y block with mostly back yard tweaking in the beginning , there is an ever increasing after market source towards h.p.for a very stout motor that will REV & breath deeply, street motors are putting out some serious numbers .Not to mention the modern FSB numbers .There are a lot of guys that will agree with this .FORDS FOREVER , if it wasn’t for Ford there would be no hot rods ,
Still waiting for the day you can buy two SBC engines shrink wrapped to a pallet at Costco. You know it’s coming.