Wedgeamacallit
Well-Known Member
Example:
Small Block Chevy
Valve train sucks just how Rusty mentioned before
Connecting Rods suck. If you plan on any horsepower or rpm you have to replace them
You have to use a 4 bolt main block or make the 2 bolt main block stronger with splayed caps
Have to go with screw in studs and guideplates
Have to go with hardened pushrods with the guideplates
How often do you see GM cars running "factory" GM castings that make good power? Mopar owners were strapped for many years making power with
factory castings before we finally had some aftermarket options.
Cam locking plate due to "cam walk"
GM guys make fun of what a Chrysler starter sounds like. I rather have a Chrysler starter than a GM starter. GM starters have to be shimmed just right or you
hear the famous grind.
How about the GM rear ends that use C clips? Love that idea. Lets spit axles out the side of the car
You always hear the famous "Chrysler are too expensive to build" My Chevy is so much cheaper. They are cheaper to build at the start but they do not last as long.
I have friends that ran small block chevy for drag cars. They had to tear them down every year and freshen them up. The Mopar friends I have that raced would run 2-3 years sometimes 4 years before a freshen up. Plus the Mopar engines would have more factory parts in it than a chevy. The only thing I can think of that would be factory in their engine would be the block and even then, most are using GM performance Bowtie blocks.
I had a 1970 318 satellite as my first car. I put a stock 340 intake on it, stock 340 cam, headers, and a 355 gear. I used to school so many small block gm with that car it was hilarious. I'm talking engines with similiar modifications. I understand why the aftermarket has catered to the small block chevy. They have been around forever and they need aftermarket parts to function. So when you have to build your Mopar and are frustrated that you have to order the part or pay more, just think of the better investment and quality that you are working with.
Small Block Chevy
Valve train sucks just how Rusty mentioned before
Connecting Rods suck. If you plan on any horsepower or rpm you have to replace them
You have to use a 4 bolt main block or make the 2 bolt main block stronger with splayed caps
Have to go with screw in studs and guideplates
Have to go with hardened pushrods with the guideplates
How often do you see GM cars running "factory" GM castings that make good power? Mopar owners were strapped for many years making power with
factory castings before we finally had some aftermarket options.
Cam locking plate due to "cam walk"
GM guys make fun of what a Chrysler starter sounds like. I rather have a Chrysler starter than a GM starter. GM starters have to be shimmed just right or you
hear the famous grind.
How about the GM rear ends that use C clips? Love that idea. Lets spit axles out the side of the car
You always hear the famous "Chrysler are too expensive to build" My Chevy is so much cheaper. They are cheaper to build at the start but they do not last as long.
I have friends that ran small block chevy for drag cars. They had to tear them down every year and freshen them up. The Mopar friends I have that raced would run 2-3 years sometimes 4 years before a freshen up. Plus the Mopar engines would have more factory parts in it than a chevy. The only thing I can think of that would be factory in their engine would be the block and even then, most are using GM performance Bowtie blocks.
I had a 1970 318 satellite as my first car. I put a stock 340 intake on it, stock 340 cam, headers, and a 355 gear. I used to school so many small block gm with that car it was hilarious. I'm talking engines with similiar modifications. I understand why the aftermarket has catered to the small block chevy. They have been around forever and they need aftermarket parts to function. So when you have to build your Mopar and are frustrated that you have to order the part or pay more, just think of the better investment and quality that you are working with.
They break it all down why it's actually cheaper to get comparable performance from a comparable body style in a Mopar over chevrolet and talk about the chassis too. Unibodies, subframe connectors, torsions bars, leaf springs, adjustable pinion snubber, 8 3/4 SGs etc.
