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PackardV8 wrote:
There will always be few that believe the world is still flat as well as those that will argue with success.
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.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you sure don't know much about engines. Chev was a cheap car with a cheap engine. It never pretended to be anything else.
Not only was it never the standard by which all engines are judged, it was not even the best engine in the GM camp. An Olds 350 for example was better designed and better built, would outlast a Chev 350 about 2 to 1, and got better mileage to boot. We aren't even talking about Buick or Cadillac. If a Caddy didn't have it over a Chevy like a tent then a lot of Cadillac buyers sure got cheated out of their money.
The big reason for using Chev engines is that they are cheap and common, which they are, in every sense of the word. This is your big reason for wanting one, just like everyone else. "O they are so cheap and common, you can buy them cheap and you can get parts everywhere cheap."
Uninformed people fool themselves that this makes Chevs the best bargain. Not true. A friend of mine rebuilt the engine in his 54 Patrician straight eight, for $1000 in parts and it purrs like a kitten. No shop in the world would transplant a Chev engine for that, not even the greasiest junkyard reject.
The funny part is this guy is a mechanic who loves saving money and shopping in junkyards but for his Packard he rebuilt the original engine because it is the best and cheapest way to go.
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