2015 Shelby GT350 Mustang
For all you gear heads...Wow... :B Interesting Ford went back to a naturally aspirated engine at 5.2L and a Flat Plane Crank. Link
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Les, I'm a boy racer/gear head/wrench since the mid 60's
Was a 'Ford' kid then...now a GM guy, but am not blindly brand loyal to
much of anything.
Answer to your question based on my experience locally: GM Small blocks
are more numerous, hop up parts abound and the key: cost less because
of the higher usage...which becomes circler, 'cuz it then fuels
the volume commodity pricing
All that might change with the new gen of gear heads and available
ICE's. Most of the stuff is in tuners than parts
Was a 'Ford' kid then...now a GM guy, but am not blindly brand loyal to
much of anything.
Answer to your question based on my experience locally: GM Small blocks
are more numerous, hop up parts abound and the key: cost less because
of the higher usage...which becomes circler, 'cuz it then fuels
the volume commodity pricing
All that might change with the new gen of gear heads and available
ICE's. Most of the stuff is in tuners than parts
Lessmore wrote:
Being a bit of a car guy, though I have to ask one question. Why...at pretty well...all of the hot rod and vintage modified car shows that I have gone to over the years....is the overwhelming choice of modified engines...invariably a Chevy. Either the perennial Hot Rodder's favourite...the small block Chevy V8, the big block Chevy V8 (Rat motor) or the modern Chevy V8...the LS.
Why do most of the hot rodded Ford's from the Model T, to the Model B to the '32 , the '33...the beautiful late '30's and very early '40's Fords,,,mostly seem to have a hopped up Chevy V8 under the hood.
You see a few Ford 302 OHV's, some 351 Cleveland and Windsor, rarely an FE or a 385 series...the 429/460.
Can't recall last time I saw the modular OHC, 4.6, 5.4, etc.
These hot rodders must know something ?
