PackardV8 wrote Quote:
No one has to like the SBC. But it continues after more than 50 years to perhaps, not be the greatest engine in the world, but stands as the SOLE standard by which ALL other engines are judged with no exceptions whatsoever.
This is not true. The Gen I SBC engine was manufactured from 1955 to 1998 (2002 if you count the LT-1 Gen II 5.0L/5.7L). In 1997, Chevrolet deemed the Gen I outmoded and did a complete redesign to the Gen III LS-X family with few parts that interchange between the two.
In 1955, the Packard V-8 (and the Pontiac V-8 for that matter) were initially superior to the SBC in displacement, power, reliability and serviceability. Only because zillions of them were made and many excellent engineers and technicians modified it over the years did it end up as well as it did. If only Packard would have gotten 1% of that attention.
Craig
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