Ford with bow tie engine...

[Grimpala]

Aside from the bench racing going on above the biggest reason I've seen is aesthetics. Most Chevy's look cleaner than Ford due to the location of the distributor. I've asked around a few of the car shows and other than personal preference/know how, this was one of the main reasons that I could find. YMMV.

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Carb'd Ford 302


Chebby 350

Although you make a good point, the pictures you used to do it aren't exactly apples to apples.

[Grimpala]

C5 zo6 is the second coolest vette ever made. Next to the c6 zo6.

Fuck a supercharged camaro motor vette..

The cts v with a ls6 is slower then the lsa v, but it's cooler.

I like n/a.

Nobody said anything about the vette. You do realize that the ls3 isn't supercharged right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_LS_engine

[91CoupeMike]

I think he's just looking at which numbers are bigger.

Wonder if he knows the ls6 came out before the ls3?

C5 zo6 is the second coolest vette ever made. Next to the c6 zo6.

Fuck a supercharged camaro motor vette..

The cts v with a ls6 is slower then the lsa v, but it's cooler.

I like n/a.

[Darren M]

Aside from the bench racing going on above the biggest reason I've seen is aesthetics. Most Chevy's look cleaner than Ford due to the location of the distributor. I've asked around a few of the car shows and other than personal preference/know how, this was one of the main reasons that I could find. YMMV.

Edit side by side.

Carb'd Ford 302


Chebby 350

[46Tbird]

My experience...it depends on what you started with. If you start out with a long block with nothing but the block and heads built and you don't have the timing cover, water pump, or any of the other dress for the front of the motor like pullies, brackets etc, it is a ROYAL PITA to hunt these down and get the right combination. There are 8 different timing covers and they have to be used with the correct rotation wp. There are several different water pumps too depending on the outlets, rotation, depth, steel or aluminum... Then you have to get the right combination of pulleys so their depth all match up to get a belt to align and I'm just talking simple V-belt pulleys. That is all besides the different balancers, flexplates, flywheel combinations that have to work together. Also the oil pans and pump pickup. If you get into the early 5 bolt SBF, there you have issues with finding a trans to fit. There is a long as list of things if you are staring from scratch.

SBC....there are things that do not interchange, but its a lot less and there are more options.

Bingo.

Chevy stuff bolts together and works. You can take a '55 SBC and a '60 SBC and a '65 SBC and a '70 SBC and a '75 SBC and an '80 SBC and an '85 SBC and pull them all apart, build an engine from the parts, and it's going to bolt up, be in balance, and make good power.

Ford stuff requires careful planning and parts chasing, and STILL leaves you scratching your head when it's out of balance, or has 1/2" head bolts instead of 7/16", or has rods that are .065" too long, or a timing cover without a dipstick hole or some other goofball stupid shit.

Not to mention, the SBF is a long engine and has the oil pump up front where it interferes with crossmembers and steering. SBCs are wider, but are generally easier to swap than Fords.

4.6 DOHC > ls1
5.0 DOHC > ls3
302/351 > 305/350
BBF CJ > BBC

You don't seem to understand math symbols. Your greater thans should be less thans.

[Broncojohnny]

More than anything else it has come down to cylinder heads. The LSX engines have great heads from the factory. The SBC always had a great selection. Now that every Ford engine has decent heads available you are going to see more Ford engines used although I don't think you will see the SBC and LSX setups go away because of price.

[Murph Tang]

yamaha?

god bless.

Yes, My old 80s enginneered Yammy.

Love telling Yamaha crotch rocket guys that my car is Yammy powered also. They scoff until they try to keep up with me.

[Grimpala]

so the 405hp ls6 > 430hp ls3 and 351's are harder to work on than 350's...

I think he's just looking at which numbers are bigger.

Wonder if he knows the ls6 came out before the ls3?

[Nash B.]

i promise if his 1st car was a camaro instead of that coupe that would be 100% reversed.

god bless.

At least then he'd be right for once.

[dville_gt]

Well tell them that, the mullets always say "oh I can build me a chevy motor but I cant get a ford to run right"

350s are cheap, and yeah you can make them quick but IMO theyre junky.

IMO

4.6 DOHC > ls1
5.0 DOHC > ls3
302/351 > 305/350
BBF CJ > BBC

Ls6 and ls7 are the best n/a American made engines. IMO.

so the 405hp ls6 > 430hp ls3 and 351's are harder to work on than 350's...

[Frank]

My experience...it depends on what you started with. If you start out with a long block with nothing but the block and heads built and you don't have the timing cover, water pump, or any of the other dress for the front of the motor like pullies, brackets etc, it is a ROYAL PITA to hunt these down and get the right combination. There are 8 different timing covers and they have to be used with the correct rotation wp. There are several different water pumps too depending on the outlets, rotation, depth, steel or aluminum... Then you have to get the right combination of pulleys so their depth all match up to get a belt to align and I'm just talking simple V-belt pulleys. That is all besides the different balancers, flexplates, flywheel combinations that have to work together. Also the oil pans and pump pickup. If you get into the early 5 bolt SBF, there you have issues with finding a trans to fit. There is a long as list of things if you are staring from scratch.

SBC....there are things that do not interchange, but its a lot less and there are more options.

[ELVIS]

I like my Japanese powered Ford!

yamaha?

god bless.

[Murph Tang]

I like my Japanese powered Ford!

[Silverback]

i promise if his 1st car was a camaro instead of that coupe that would be 100% reversed.

god bless.

or a camero!

[ELVIS]

Well tell them that, the mullets always say "oh I can build me a chevy motor but I cant get a ford to run right"

350s are cheap, and yeah you can make them quick but IMO theyre junky.

IMO

4.6 DOHC > ls1
5.0 DOHC > ls3
302/351 > 305/350
BBF CJ > BBC

Ls6 and ls7 are the best n/a American made engines. IMO.

i promise if his 1st car was a camaro instead of that coupe that would be 100% reversed.

god bless.