Any 308s running

[BusyKiwi]

I'm not going to say anything about the chevy/holden thing

*whsipers*
bore a 350 out 30 thou and you got a 355, stroke the 350 and you got a rat 383 engine
*stops whispering*

but if I did I'd go along with whats been said and say chevy is the better deal

[Marishka]

yeah, go chev, u will be happier, chev parts are cheap as 2.
plus the sound and power, priceless.
marty

[Tweaker]

Hey Busy!

I just read your quote and pissed me self! ...................Owe bugger, now I gotta go change!

[shaginwagin]

Hi atk1,
Have got a 253  (out of a HZ red motor) in Alien8, attached to a trimatic, and chev caprice diff, (2.77 ratio). Goes alright when you finally get it wound up.  Its getting a 308 next year and a ford diff, with a better ratio.  The advantage with the 253 or 308 is that it sits on the same engine mounts as the 6 cyl.  Yes I think the chev is a narrower engine but you have to get different engine mounts made and then engineer reports.

Julian

[obsession]

I think youll have to get an engineers report for the 308 anyway?

[doofhard]

yep

[shaginwagin]

Yep you are right have already got engineer report for 253, HQ discs, and different diff.  What I should have said was that you won,t have to get the report on the engine mounts as you don,t have to change them.  My mistake
Julian

[doofhard]

Mounting the engine is the least of your worries, they care alot more about your brakes but with a hq disc brake upgrade as long as it's installed properly should make them happy.  When I engineer my LWB chev I have to engineer engine, brakes, gearbox, diff and hopefully power steering it's going to cost an arm and a leg.