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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3324455" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Yes you need 400 HP and at least that much Torque.</p><p>It's a truck.. actually less Hp and more TQ would be fine.</p><p>I used to put 455 oldsmobiles in trucks..I had a few 455's.</p><p>Loved my Oldsmobiles.</p><p>Deck the blocks Mill the heads and port them and toss a less dished piston into them.</p><p>Pick a cam for what you intend to do with the vehicle and DONE!</p><p></p><p>Yea I suppose new stuff is cool also.</p><p>My 302 .030" over in a 6000 lbs vehicle would spank many 350's and the 351W in the same vehicle.</p><p>It's what is on the inside that counts.</p><p>I got a best of high 19 MPG and normally got 17.6 MPG with a carb NO overdrive 6000 lbs.</p><p></p><p>I have driven an ecoboost 6 cylinder dual turbo ford Limited with a bed full of camshafts to Huston and that crazy truck got 23 MPG! running 75-80 MPH.</p><p>Darn good power but it was not a 2.3.</p><p></p><p>My vote though is V8 and carbureted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3324455, member: 15054"] Yes you need 400 HP and at least that much Torque. It's a truck.. actually less Hp and more TQ would be fine. I used to put 455 oldsmobiles in trucks..I had a few 455's. Loved my Oldsmobiles. Deck the blocks Mill the heads and port them and toss a less dished piston into them. Pick a cam for what you intend to do with the vehicle and DONE! Yea I suppose new stuff is cool also. My 302 .030" over in a 6000 lbs vehicle would spank many 350's and the 351W in the same vehicle. It's what is on the inside that counts. I got a best of high 19 MPG and normally got 17.6 MPG with a carb NO overdrive 6000 lbs. I have driven an ecoboost 6 cylinder dual turbo ford Limited with a bed full of camshafts to Huston and that crazy truck got 23 MPG! running 75-80 MPH. Darn good power but it was not a 2.3. My vote though is V8 and carbureted. [/QUOTE]
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