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You know what would really be cool? put a small block chevy in a street rod, never seen that done before

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And let's put a slant-six in a Dart.

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SBC street rod .....boring.

I'd never put one in a Mopar anything. No way..no how.

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SBC street rod .....boring.

I'd never put one in a Mopar anything. No way..no how.

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"come on the SBC is the cheapest,fastest most powerful,bestest,bestest engine ever made and should be put in ALL the cars in the world"


I really don't have anything against the SBC, they do work well and are good engines.
I just feel that they have their place and in my "opinion" that is not in a mopar.

I would rather spend a few more $$$ and have a mopar in a mopar than settle for something just because it's "Cheaper"

just because you could drop a slant 6 in a corvette or camaro, does not make it the right thing to do.
and the same thing with a chevy in a mopar
"again just my opinion"

But That being said It's your car,do what you want with it, just don't expect the mopar crowd to like it...
and the chevy crowd could care less about a mopar.
but as long as you like it I guess that's all that matters.




This is not directed at anyone in particular
just anyone who is thinking about putting a chevy in a mopar....

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SBC street rod .....boring.

I'd never put one in a Mopar anything. No way..no how.

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add sarcasm here:
"come on the SBC is the cheapest,fastest most powerful,bestest,bestest engine ever made and should be put in ALL the cars in the world"


I really don't have anything against the SBC, they do work well and are good engines.
I just feel that they have their place and in my "opinion" that is not in a mopar.

I would rather spend a few more $$$ and have a mopar in a mopar than settle for something just because it's "Cheaper"

just because you could drop a slant 6 in a corvette or camaro, does not make it the right thing to do.
and the same thing with a chevy in a mopar
"again just my opinion"

But That being said It's your car,do what you want with it, just don't expect the mopar crowd to like it...
and the chevy crowd could care less about a mopar.
but as long as you like it I guess that's all that matters.




This is not directed at anyone in particular
just anyone who is thinking about putting a chevy in a mopar....

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I guess the funny thing is.... if I came across a 1937 Chevy Coupe... and was thinking of building a hot rod....

Small block Chevy wouldn't be my first choice. That's for sure. Boring imo.
LS1, LS2 etc wouldn't be my first choice either. Cheap power, but no real "charisma" as far as I'm concerned....

I would look at a 348 or 409 W block, or something old and cool for an old and cool Chevy. If I owned a Chevy I wouldn't want a "belly button" powerplant in it, cheap, easy, or not!

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SBC street rod .....boring.

I'd never put one in a Mopar anything. No way..no how.

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add sarcasm here:
"come on the SBC is the cheapest,fastest most powerful,bestest,bestest engine ever made and should be put in ALL the cars in the world"


I really don't have anything against the SBC, they do work well and are good engines.
I just feel that they have their place and in my "opinion" that is not in a mopar.

I would rather spend a few more $$$ and have a mopar in a mopar than settle for something just because it's "Cheaper"

just because you could drop a slant 6 in a corvette or camaro, does not make it the right thing to do.
and the same thing with a chevy in a mopar
"again just my opinion"

But That being said It's your car,do what you want with it, just don't expect the mopar crowd to like it...
and the chevy crowd could care less about a mopar.
but as long as you like it I guess that's all that matters.




This is not directed at anyone in particular
just anyone who is thinking about putting a chevy in a mopar....

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I guess the funny thing is.... if I came across a 1937 Chevy Coupe... and was thinking of building a hot rod....

Small block Chevy wouldn't be my first choice. That's for sure. Boring imo.
LS1, LS2 etc wouldn't be my first choice either. Cheap power, but no real "charisma" as far as I'm concerned....

I would look at a 348 or 409 W block, or something old and cool for an old and cool Chevy. If I owned a Chevy I wouldn't want a "belly button" powerplant in it, cheap, easy, or not!

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As far as old chevy hot rods..I always thought about Buick, Olds or
Pontiac powerplants. Even the 472/500 Cadillac comes to mind.

Putting a Chevy engine in a Mopar defeats the purpose of building a Mopar. You build a Mopar to be different. A sbc is common and boring.

It's like building a '37 Olds with chevy power. It's no longer intresting. '39 Pontiac with a 354 Hemi...well...that's pretty cool!

The guy I bought my Newport off of has a '39 Chevy with a 440 in it. Been that way for over 20 years

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It all boils down to personal preference......but for me other than a HEMI the ONLY other option I would have considered for my 37 Dodge would have been one of these.

Although I'm not actively looking for a 354 Poly I would definitely buy one if it comes along for the right price and find something neat to put it in.

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Now that engine I would stop and look at, car also, and i am sure others would have more interest as well