HOW MUCH HP DID THE 1969 DZ302, THE 1965 365-HP L76 327 OR 1970 LT1 350 REALLY MAKE? WAS IT FAUX HP?

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  • HOW MUCH POWER DID THE LEGENDAY MUSCLE CAR SMALL BLOCKS REALLY MAKE? DID THE 290 HP DZ 302 "ONLY" MAKE 290 HP? DID THE 365-HP 327 REALLY MAKE 365 HP? DID THE MILDER CAM 1970 370-HP LT1 REALLY MAKE 370 HP? FULL DYNO RESULTS-EFFECT OF DISPLACEMENT-LEGENDARY SBCs: DZ302 v L76 327 v LT1 350 HOW CAN THEY ALL MAKE THE SAME POWER? HOW DOES STROKE LENGTH EFFECT TORQUE PRODUCTION? BONUS TEST-LS 4.8L vs 5.3L vs 6.0L. WE TEST CHANGE IN STROKE LENGTH & CHANGE IN BORE SIZE. BIGGER IS BETTER!
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  • @rodneyfoust9842
    @rodneyfoust9842 3 роки тому +32

    He simply verified once again, what I learned as a 16y/o boy many years ago; If you want to win races and don't have all the money in the world, put your money in buying a big motor as opposed to building up a small block. However, very few things can warm my old heart like hearing the idle of double hump SBC heads on a 327 with a 108 General Kinetics or Crane(Blazer series) cam tickling the valves. Long live the small block.

    • @wadewingfield4606
      @wadewingfield4606 8 днів тому

      The old saying back then was the only substitute for cubic inches was cubic dollars.

  • @maxenielsen
    @maxenielsen Місяць тому +4

    Bore and stroke! Ain’t no joke!
    The side-by-side comparisons are super informative!
    Great video!
    Thanks!

  • @PontiacPOWA
    @PontiacPOWA 4 роки тому +25

    interesting to see that the three SBC's all made basically the same peak power. I'm an RPM lover and its cool to see how the 302 made basically the same power as the 350 but a full 1000 rpm higher.

  • @Brock_Landers
    @Brock_Landers 4 роки тому +13

    Thanks Rich for posting these cool and informative videos. I can tell you that this is one of my favorite channels because you do the comparisons and you're not afraid to build up an engine that everyone says is crap...and you actually make it perform like the bigger badder engines!

  • @nedaCFilms
    @nedaCFilms 3 роки тому +19

    The GM 302 was just a 327 with a 283 crankshaft. A "destroked" 327 basically, specifically produced for Trans am series road racing which was limited or restricted to 5.0 liters.

    • @ThomasELeClair
      @ThomasELeClair Місяць тому

      ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Way back when,,,,,,,,Racers ; bored the stout 283 blocks [283 bore was 3.875 ] .125 " over to 4 inch ; that gave exactly 301.44 cubes........Many crazy guys destroked the 3 inch crank to fall into ideal classes in Modified / Production classes.....Dem early 283 engines had steel cranks........

    • @naughtmeenaym869
      @naughtmeenaym869 Місяць тому +1

      Duh

    • @korndawggy1801
      @korndawggy1801 14 днів тому

      ​@naughtmeenaym869 you're IQ is showing at a record low.

    • @JimmieCates
      @JimmieCates 11 днів тому

      That's the way , the 307 was!

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 11 днів тому

      @@JimmieCates nope , the 307 was the opposite deal . A 3.875 bore 283 block with a 3.25 stroke 327 crank .

  • @michaeloboyle8798
    @michaeloboyle8798 4 роки тому +3

    I love your videos Richard. I watch all of them. I love the way that you control variables as much as is reasonable with all of your engine tests and share the raw data. Keep it up.

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 3 роки тому +7

    In the 80's I was 20 and built a .40 over 350 block with a 327 crank, milodon drive, windage tray, 11-1 Pistons all the good stuff heads etc with a Crane Custom Grind solid cam .575x.300 intake and exhaust (4deg retardef) triple valve springs, balanced, o-ringed, Weiand Tunnelram with 2 660 center squirterswith 50cc pumps and a direct port 225 Nitrous. 4000 stall manual 400, 5:13 posi. Lifted the front wheels on my 72 Chevelle. ahh the good old days. lol now im old

    • @naughtmeenaym869
      @naughtmeenaym869 Місяць тому +1

      That's just a 327 with better parts and an over-bore. 327 and 350 have the same bore.

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 11 днів тому

      333 cubic inches .

  • @brandnew2848
    @brandnew2848 4 роки тому +4

    I had a 69 Camaro with a LT1 350 with the off road GM cam, other than a Edelbrock intake it was bone stock. It turned a rod bearing so I yanked it out of the car and replaced the crank as the rod was ok. Put the car all back together and it didn't have any power like it used to. So I thought I may have had the distributor in wrong. Nope not that at all. The crank I put in was a 327 crank!! No wonder it didn't have any power! It still had 110 lbs compression. So since this was my daily driver I just advanced the timing until it sounded better. Took it for a drive and no pinging sounds - more advance. I put a timing tape on and checked the timing - it was 55 degrees! So I then bought a MSD box for it and set it to 7000 cut out. Richard this was a ripper, with so low a compression it didn't take long to rev up that is why the MSD box. I drove it like that for another 2 years and thrashed it. It had a turbo 400 out of a 4 X 4 with a reverse valve body so it was really fun to drive. Our tuning tools back then was a timing light and a screw driver for jet changes. Keep those comparison videos coming.

  • @larrylamb3480
    @larrylamb3480 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much ! You explained these motors very plainly where anyone could understand ! You have alot of excellent knowledge ! Thank you and i' ll be looking for more of your videos !

  • @TADman4003
    @TADman4003 3 роки тому +2

    I am addicted to these presentations, just fantastic!

  • @scottbrooklyn2995
    @scottbrooklyn2995 4 роки тому +58

    Richard Holdener your making some great vidoes

    • @funfun8095
      @funfun8095 4 роки тому +3

      You'RE

    • @scottbrooklyn2995
      @scottbrooklyn2995 4 роки тому +1

      @@funfun8095 thanks I needed that

    • @spaceghost8995
      @spaceghost8995 4 роки тому

      @@scottbrooklyn2995 Yes you did.

    • @scottbrooklyn2995
      @scottbrooklyn2995 4 роки тому

      @@BuzzLOLOL this is crazy! My nicknames Buzz too but I really like them. Your the Bizzaro me!

  • @Rocky-cg9nl
    @Rocky-cg9nl 4 роки тому +6

    Great video! Dig on the old vs new school stuff, its amazing how far cylinder head design has come.

  • @johnstewart3937
    @johnstewart3937 3 роки тому +12

    Great test as always but what people some times forget we dont race dynos, in a car on a 1/4 mile track 350-3.73 / 327-4.10 / 302-4.56 the times would be too close to call. With the more rpm you can run more gear witch ups the engines torque to the wheels witch moves the car. Again great test as usual pls dont stop.

    • @ricklane8342
      @ricklane8342 Місяць тому +1

      This engine was developed for sports car racing

    • @111000100101001
      @111000100101001 Місяць тому +1

      True, that gearing would put the engine into its best power producing range, BUT real-life losses have a larger effect like crank train inertia, windage, bearing friction and same for gear train when using a high RPM engine.

  • @AngeloC49
    @AngeloC49 3 роки тому +7

    I guess the old saying still stands! “ THERES NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT”!! Great video keep them coming 👍🏻

  • @justinadams1360
    @justinadams1360 4 роки тому +3

    Great video! I was just searching for this yesterday. Now here it is. Your the man Richard! Thanks for your hard work and dedication. I know your having fun though.

  • @outdoorfuninthesun2393
    @outdoorfuninthesun2393 3 роки тому +1

    These videos are addicting, so much cool info, thanks for posting and keep it going!

  • @1967davethewave
    @1967davethewave 4 роки тому +20

    I saw a similar test between a Pontiac 400 and 455. The results were similar. When built the same both engines had about the same peak horsepower but the 455 had way more torque and at a lower RPM. The peak power on the 455 was also at a slightly less RPM. About 400 RPM's if I remember the test correctly.

  • @austincalhoun2779
    @austincalhoun2779 4 роки тому +9

    Love it man keep the uploads coming

  • @johnhazel9986
    @johnhazel9986 4 роки тому +2

    Wow, nice upgrade on the acoustics! Thanks for anothe intresting video.

  • @HoosierDaddy_
    @HoosierDaddy_ 4 роки тому +1

    Another home run! Thanks Richard!

  • @62chevrolet
    @62chevrolet 4 роки тому +2

    This channel is gold ✨ underrated and underappreciated! Keep up the good work!

    • @masta51
      @masta51 4 роки тому

      I can't even Express how much info I've gained on the myths and the underappreciated engines he's tested. You've got legends falling to less appreciated engines. He's pretty much dropped what we've all thought and been told on its head.

  • @gbsgarage
    @gbsgarage 4 роки тому +1

    Great comparison. Thanks for doing the work.

  • @calebkey2050
    @calebkey2050 4 роки тому +3

    Hillbilly lore has it that the original LT1 dyno mule (the motor used to claim the 370hp number) was actually fitted with the 30/30 cam, but the LT1 cam (obviously) is what actually ended up in the production motors.
    Thank you for these dyno tests! Having these combos dyno'd in factory form is a godsend for cheap shits like me who don't feel like shelling out the cash for aftermarket heads and roller cams and such. These factory combo's are cheap and easy to build reliably (Well... Maybe not the DZ302...). Your dyno graphs are going into the brain compartment for future shenanigans!

  • @modnationbuilds
    @modnationbuilds 4 роки тому +4

    Thank u for all your hard work

  • @scottadkin541
    @scottadkin541 4 роки тому +3

    Always the stuff we wanna see.
    Keep it up good sir

  • @bgd73
    @bgd73 3 роки тому +1

    great video! you could talk about fuel changes over the years, the watery alcohol over to rubber eating ethanol, and way back to the 60s making a 4 barrel sound off like a tuba in a concert hall.. but people get confused and even call a 305 a boat anchor to this day. Everyone thinks its about engine..."bigger the better". I am glad to be going on 50 years old, i watched 3 generations overlap. the big block is still not happy... they'd need a fuel all to themselves, and drag racers did that too.

  • @lloydholt6511
    @lloydholt6511 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this video. I always glean some very useful information from your videos.

  • @francfurian8215
    @francfurian8215 4 роки тому +3

    Love it Richard, keep up the good work.
    Cheers

  • @twinturbo496
    @twinturbo496 4 роки тому +1

    Really good comparison video... Thank you very much.

  • @billberger7584
    @billberger7584 3 роки тому +1

    Richard as always I learned something from this video. Keep it up

  • @randylear8264
    @randylear8264 11 місяців тому +2

    I’m a Mopar guy. But my favorite Chevy engine is the 302. My second favorite is the 327. You tested my two favorite Chevy engines. I noticed that the compression has a lot of influence on torque and hp. Early model 327 when good gas was available to have higher compression. 69 was a year that compression was still high due to good gas. As we know after 71 the octain fell off and so did compression. Then as octain levels raised so did compression. Then hp levels rose again. We have 10:1 and greater compression today and we have na engines making good hp again.

  • @gregborneman5523
    @gregborneman5523 4 місяці тому +6

    We know that the 30/30 cam in the 302 did not make enough low end torque to make an automatic transmission an option. Automatics were an option on the 1970 LT-1, but would that have been possible with the 30/30? Can't imagine wanting an automatic anyway. I loved my '69 Z/28.

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 11 днів тому

      The '70 LT-1s ran a turbo 400 automatic which requires a whopping 48 hp to get it moving . The old Powerglides only need 16 HP to get going . Now you know why the ' glide became the darling of the drag strip .

  • @bradenconway9066
    @bradenconway9066 7 місяців тому +9

    So if the 302 chevy could get another 1000rpm it would be an absolute monster. I know for a fact that the 302 can definitely do 72-7500rpm and absolutely ruin big displacement motors and outrun them. Its a sewing machine. You can do it now but in 1969 that was a work of art

    • @twotwocold
      @twotwocold 2 місяці тому +1

      Yea HP wise not torque wise lol. Torque moves the car not HP👍🏾

    • @PatandDoopypoopy
      @PatandDoopypoopy Місяць тому

      Yep. Back in the day, spring technology lacked, so cam lobe ramps had to be slow/mellow to avoid float. A modern solid flat tappet and springs added to otherwise stock 302 would see 8000 all day.

    • @rickwascher4730
      @rickwascher4730 26 днів тому +1

      @@twotwocold No replacement for displacement.

    • @tys5503
      @tys5503 25 днів тому

      Drove my friend’s 69 z28 to my wedding. I can confirm it will go past 9k. Don’t know if the power is falling off up there but it felt like it was still pulling pretty hard

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 11 днів тому

      The 302 rules in a car with limited rear wheel wells , like an early Chevy II . A seven inch slick with no bottom end torque , and an engine that will buzz to 9000 rpm with the old Z optional cam . ( Last three digits of the part number are 140 ). This combo tends to give bigger , more powerful cars fits .

  • @kellivoytilla6784
    @kellivoytilla6784 3 роки тому +1

    We love watching your real world vids.

  • @legodude19999
    @legodude19999 4 роки тому +31

    If I could have any one it'd be the DZ for sure, small displacement V8s are my favorite

    • @Brock_Landers
      @Brock_Landers 4 роки тому +4

      I was absolutely just about to post this same comment.

    • @bdd1469
      @bdd1469 4 роки тому +4

      I have a large journal , Dart head, DZ in my garage that got hot and pushed a head gasket out. I love the engine but it's hard to spend money to refresh it when LS motors are so cheap to make more power with. I also have a LC9 all aluminum 5.3 and LQ4 6.0 sitting next to the DZ. Decisions, decisions.....

    • @Silkmaster4200
      @Silkmaster4200 4 роки тому +1

      DZ probably can handle the revs more than others. For the ones like over revving lol I’m not a fan losing power by over revving lol A lot out there do that lol

    • @DinsdalePiranha67
      @DinsdalePiranha67 4 роки тому +2

      @@Silkmaster4200 Based on Richard's dyno graphs, a properly built 327 can probably rev almost as high as a DZ. The combination of that and greater torque from its longer stroke would make it a pretty potent street motor.

    • @legodude19999
      @legodude19999 4 роки тому +2

      @@bdd1469 I see what you mean, I don't know if I want to rebuild my 350 or just buy an LS3 that'd make more power, cheaper, and reliably

  • @richardstrachmesserschmiti4979

    Excellent video

  • @ericgalloway461
    @ericgalloway461 4 роки тому +3

    Man this is a great video with a crazy amount of info.

  • @victorvondoom2386
    @victorvondoom2386 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you.. good info. i am building a 1970 camaro and was torn over DZ and LT1...

  • @VORTECPRO
    @VORTECPRO 4 роки тому

    Harold Bettes and I had had a talk about you the other day, keep up the excellent work..........nice to see someone working!

  • @bobbyduke777
    @bobbyduke777 Місяць тому +2

    before i watch I want to say, this is a great video. These are questions in my head before you put it on video. I am building a 98 inch 1959 HD with the longest stroke you can put in 1959 cases. This gives me hope i made the right choice.

  • @deansapp4635
    @deansapp4635 4 роки тому

    Great Job, Richard. Love you video s

  • @keithtobin5369
    @keithtobin5369 2 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for all your testing information. Love it

  • @joebarlow1775
    @joebarlow1775 4 роки тому +12

    That was awesome. I would also love to see maybe similar ones like 289, 302, 351w or mopar 318 vs 360 383 vs 440. Another good one would be ford FE 352, 360, 390, and 427. Or ford 385 block 370, 429 and 460. I know that these are just wish lists but neat idea.

    • @dirtyhorse5090
      @dirtyhorse5090 4 роки тому +1

      396 rat

    • @stephenkeebler732
      @stephenkeebler732 3 роки тому +4

      I've always wanted to see a shootout between a 265 Chevy, a 273 Chrysler, and a 260 Ford...

  • @ZChevyZ
    @ZChevyZ 4 роки тому +1

    Very good video, enjoyed it greatly...love the 302DZ

  • @johnniecrain7986
    @johnniecrain7986 3 роки тому +1

    After seeing to great videos from this dude I have to subscribe. Nice helpful content.

  • @TheBukesde
    @TheBukesde 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks a lot again for this awesome video!

  • @mechanicsdiary1438
    @mechanicsdiary1438 3 роки тому +2

    Great work with all the info Richard. I wish you had material on the bluboker mustang program.

  • @erenzoscroggins8056
    @erenzoscroggins8056 4 роки тому +2

    Nice ... Always Dope information

  • @chriswells1440
    @chriswells1440 2 роки тому +3

    What is this Super Chevy Showdown. Love those old magazines. I read those all the time before cell phones.

  • @sharonburns4788
    @sharonburns4788 4 роки тому +1

    Great job, loved it.

  • @jasonhudek3470
    @jasonhudek3470 4 роки тому +21

    In regards to the SBC, we have to remember cars at that time were not getting any lighter, yet people wanted them to go faster. Easiest way there was to increase stroke to provide much welcomed torque to get the beast off the line.
    The 302 was developed for the race circuit, not stoplight warriors with production cars. In a factory weight street car, I’ll take the 350 (or a 383) 10 times out of 10.

    • @eflanagan1921
      @eflanagan1921 2 роки тому +1

      5.0 liters was max for SCCA or IMSA ? Chev DZ302, Ford Boss 302, Dodge T/A 303? and Pontiac 303 from destroked 400 ram air

    • @ramblerdave1339
      @ramblerdave1339 Місяць тому

      ​@@eflanagan1921 Also the AMC 304, was a destroked 343 block, to use the heads with the larger valves, that the 3.75 bore 290 block couldn't use. The Chevy 283, and Ford 289 already had 4 inch bores , while AMC designed their engines for torque, over horsepower, so a longer stroke, smaller bore, were used. The AMC 304 engine introduced in 1970, still had the 290's 3.75 bore, with a taller deck height, and longer stroke, as did the 360, which was destroked for use in the T/A series, because of its 4" bore.

    • @ramblerdave1339
      @ramblerdave1339 Місяць тому

      ​@@eflanagan19215 liters was the SCCA limit for their A sedan class, that the Trans Am series was based on. IMSA GTO allowed larger displacements.

  • @gregallen9065
    @gregallen9065 4 роки тому +7

    Even though little guys with little engines like to say otherwise.........SIZE MATTERS!

    • @RSDX99
      @RSDX99 3 роки тому

      I would like to go back to the days of 427 CI engines making 425 HP getting 10MPG wouldn't that be great? Or you could buy a 302 ci making 450 HP and getting 20MPG, that really is better. Yes size does matter at the car shows, the racers are at the track with their little motors actually driving fast.

  • @MullinPerformance
    @MullinPerformance 4 роки тому +46

    I was waiting to see that "old vs new" overlay on the Dyno graph.

  • @asicerik
    @asicerik 4 роки тому

    Very cool video. Loved to see all those overlays.

  • @mindtouchone
    @mindtouchone 4 роки тому +1

    You are doing a good thing with your comparisons. I taught performance engine machining and building along with dyno testing and tuning for 10 years, both engine and chassis dynos. We used an inertia chassis dyno, not the best but it worked good enough. It measured torque and calculated horse power and the time it took to get to our cut off speed was part of the HP calculation. We could always tell a high HP car by listening. Low HP cars took a long time to get to the speed figure. I have a video of a 4th generation Trans Am with a stroked LS and a 300hp nitrous system. It went from 55 to 120mph, in about 4 seconds with lots of tire smoke. This was a street car and I named the video Neck Snapping Acceleration

  • @onearmbanditoabfontaine9347
    @onearmbanditoabfontaine9347 4 роки тому +1

    your best video ever !!!!! keep the good stuff

  • @jamescaban7710
    @jamescaban7710 4 роки тому +5

    Once again
    you've done it
    another badass legendary video
    As I see it all these engines have the same specs overall the only difference will be the peak RPM point and the lower the RPM Peaks the higher the torque will be because also will be at a lower RPM these engines only flow about
    605 CFMs......

  • @donmathias1705
    @donmathias1705 3 роки тому +3

    Good video. Would have been interested to see the fuel consumption numbers that matched the power curves. Curious to see if they match the curves or if one motor makes more use of its fuel.

  • @martyjohnsonozarkoutdoors8198
    @martyjohnsonozarkoutdoors8198 4 роки тому +3

    Great comparisons.
    Would love to see the old engines ran with some good flowing aluminum heads.

  • @051570orion
    @051570orion 4 роки тому +6

    Cool video 👍 I still like the old school v8's , years ago I started having a SBC 350 build , it's a a 4 bolt main 350 an 010 block and had a large journal 327 crank and 327 race rods , not sure what brand and .030 over 327 pistons , the machinest decked the block , so it has a positive deck hight , but after I got married , it has sat unfinished , but I'm looking forward to getting it done to put in my 72 Nova

  • @jaredlutz787
    @jaredlutz787 4 роки тому +42

    Would have loved to see a 283 and a 383 stroker thrown in there as well. I mean we can totally predict the curves, but would have been cool to see.

    • @konnerkramer329
      @konnerkramer329 4 роки тому +5

      The 302, 327 and 350 were chosen because they all have a 4" bore. The 283 doesn't

    • @piercehawke8021
      @piercehawke8021 4 роки тому

      I'm very surprised that when Chevy really started thinning out its passenger car V8 engine options around 1975-76, that GM didn't release a factory ca 380" 4V SB to replace the 350, 400 and 454, along with keeping the 305 a two barrel only.

    • @joshfeister6566
      @joshfeister6566 3 роки тому +5

      The 302 has the 283 crank correct?

    • @joshfeister6566
      @joshfeister6566 3 роки тому +2

      Most people would make a dz 302 by using a 327 and throwing in 283 crank making it 302 ci

    • @nashvilleoutlaw
      @nashvilleoutlaw 3 роки тому +1

      @@joshfeister6566 I just learned awhile back that GM made a 4.3L v8 in the mid 90's. They basically made a 305 bore version of an LT1 and put a 3" stroke in it. Supposedly that crank will fit a gen 1 block with the 1 piece rear main. To be honest I'm a little more than tempted to build a 4.3 v8 for a nice daily driver/gas saver with the gen 1 sound 🤣

  • @doranmaxwell1755
    @doranmaxwell1755 Місяць тому +1

    That is actually my era. I lived a mile from Fremont drag strip. I couldn't afford any of those cars with those engines but I rode in/raced all of em. First the 302.. My buddy just got back from a stint in the unpleasantness in south east asia. He had some money so off to Central Chevrolet he went for a brand new 69 Z 28 The car was an absolute beast... I remember the salesman saying something about 'off road only" In the trunk of that car was a cross ram 2 four setup and an in the box 'off road' cam. When I was in high school my dads buddy came to the house with a brand new vette ... it had the injected 327 and against my dads advise the guy let me drive it to get them some beer or something. That car was also very fast. Then... my best bud had a dad that was getting quite a collection of tri five Chevys including some nomads. He really did not care about Hp but he picked up a 56 Nomad somewhere. In primer... 4 speed And it sounded basd a$$ It had headers and... as it turned out... a crate 350 370 horse motor. But as we later found out... it had the 'off road' cam in it. We drove that car (which he just confiscated from pops) all over... Other than blowing rear ends it was relatively dependable and we actually never got beat in the thing. So this test is interesting to me since I thought all of em were pretty killer motors with much the same internals. years later I ended up putting a 302 Z28 clone motor in my 55 two seater Healey... Yeah... believe me I know.

  • @mrho4speed
    @mrho4speed Місяць тому +1

    Great video and explanation of engine displacement and torque!!!!

  • @mikes9939
    @mikes9939 4 роки тому +12

    Clearly the LS engines have raised the bar for power production in a package that beats all the old small block engines but with a smooth idle, good drivability and fuel mileage. And this is just the low end of the LS spectrum. Just what GM was trying to achieve when they designed them. Good test.

    • @RSDX99
      @RSDX99 3 роки тому +1

      When they went for the Cross bolted deep skirt block and they separated the intake and exhaust ports just like the Ford FE and the Ford small block they made a great combination for making power. Can you imagine if they put NASCAR heads on the LS block how much more HP they could make? Fords ideas but Chevy put it all together.

    • @jamesbullock7257
      @jamesbullock7257 3 роки тому

      Gm didn't exactly design the LS, it's taken from other automakers designs

  • @TheTeeroy32
    @TheTeeroy32 4 роки тому

    As an Australian Ford guy I still found this massively informative and interesting.

    • @jimthomas777
      @jimthomas777 4 роки тому

      Troy Thompson , it was informative and interesting because Frod is dull and boring

    • @cammontreuil7509
      @cammontreuil7509 Рік тому

      @@jimthomas777 very stupid comment. Cleveland kicks ass over any mouse.

  • @ironrodgarage6076
    @ironrodgarage6076 4 роки тому +2

    I love your comparison videos! Have you done a 350 sb to a 383 sb comparison? If not, how about it?

  • @basketballcory2
    @basketballcory2 4 роки тому +2

    I'm really glad you deviated from the ls motors for a while

  • @ericmcmurtrie8789
    @ericmcmurtrie8789 4 роки тому

    I really liked this one, thanks.

  • @markcarter5491
    @markcarter5491 Місяць тому +1

    Love your videos. They truly help me with my builds

  • @rokkebill
    @rokkebill 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome test !

  • @tomhowe1510
    @tomhowe1510 Місяць тому +1

    Nice job here. L-78 L-72 LS-6 BBC comparable internals also, bore change for 396 - 427 is the same as 283 to 302.

  • @youngestson6537
    @youngestson6537 4 роки тому

    Great video and information.

  • @MrOgre1110
    @MrOgre1110 4 роки тому

    Is pretty interesting, the revs between peak torque and hp between the old and new engines. New engines all looked to be 1200 and the old engines more like 2000. Also the shift of torque peak compared to stroke length, the 5.3 and 6.0 with the same stroke made peak torque nearly exactly the same revs.
    As always thanks Richard for the great video!

  • @coltoberle8253
    @coltoberle8253 4 роки тому +2

    Another Great Video Sr. Thanks for all of the Great content you post i just fired my TT gen 1 sbc for the first time this weekend. I have not found a setup like i am running and was wanting to know if you have tested one like it. it is a Gen 1 forged 383 twin 60mm turbos running the holley dominator. for fuling i have MPFI for low boost and correction. I have the system setup to have an additional 4 injectors in my Terminator Stealth throttle body cycling in at 40% duty cycle of the main injectors to help cool the charge temps. This is the first boost build i have ever done and now i realize with honestly how little i know (It is easy to talk when it is another persons project but not so if it is yours) I would listen to comments from yourself and people that watch your videos. have you ever tested anything like what I am running?

  • @mikelaumaillier9271
    @mikelaumaillier9271 4 роки тому +1

    NA, no substitute for cubic inches. Thanks for all the great videos.

  • @arturos.3973
    @arturos.3973 4 роки тому +1

    Well done!!

  • @roboticsurgerydoc9748
    @roboticsurgerydoc9748 4 роки тому

    Awesome video. Thanks

  • @tenorhowlermonkey3454
    @tenorhowlermonkey3454 4 роки тому +1

    Great info, I bet you could design a very accurate "Desktop Dyno" if you have not already.

  • @ajjskins
    @ajjskins 4 роки тому +1

    There it is, this is great information. When I asked about the 383 this is what I was looking for. Your the man. Thank you

  • @nathanpike1908
    @nathanpike1908 3 роки тому +1

    We use to race dirt late models in NC in the 70's and you name it we tried it. Big block and small block both are great engines just to completely different animals. You lug a big block and turn a small block. But both will do the same thing and win races. We dropped a value on Friday night on a 427 and went to the shop and got a customers 327 that he left for over a year. Put the engine in the car at the shop and hooked everything up fon the way back to the track. Very interesting task. Had to change the car setup completely for the small block. Broke the track record in qualifying and won the race. It's just like females they all can do same things just a matter of taste.

  • @ronnelson7828
    @ronnelson7828 4 роки тому +14

    Like to see the old small block's with vortec heads. Keeping everything else the same with simple spring and retainer to valveguide clearance upgrade and a comparable intake.

    • @scrappy7571
      @scrappy7571 4 роки тому +5

      That would be a good comparision

    • @ronnelson7828
      @ronnelson7828 4 роки тому +3

      @@scrappy7571 And put the 400 smallblock in there as well. More is always mo' betta'!

    • @fabricationnation8052
      @fabricationnation8052 4 роки тому +1

      @@ronnelson7828 I agree, I'm a 400 guy

    • @SweatyFatGuy
      @SweatyFatGuy 4 роки тому +1

      @@ronnelson7828 I have a vortec headed 400, its a pooch, a leaking low powered slug, next week its getting pulled out the 88 C1500 and a 6.0 stuffed in its place.. The 71 vintage 400 Pontiac I had in the truck pulled much better, had more power everywhere, and used less gas. The 454 in the 76 C10 now is even more of a slug, the Pontiac was better in that truck too. Now maybe if you don't have the dished pistons, and you can run more cam than the vortec heads allow, the sbc will finally start making power farther up. I guess what you are used to and expect from an engine is what decides if you think its low powered or not.
      Why not just run the Pontiac in my trucks? Because I have a 72 Ventura I want to put the 400 in, and I need something to power the trucks so they are getting LS engines. That particular 400 has been in 8 vehicles I own, its sorta my baseline. I built it back in 1995, its gone 12s in a heavy car with a highway gear, and had 11:1 down to 7.8:1 compression. Its quite the mule. I could swap in one of the 455s, but there are cars those are destined for too.
      I just wish the parts for the LS engines weren't so damn spendy. Sure I can get the engines, heads, etc cheap as dirt, but performance parts like cams, headers, converters, etc, man that shit adds up fast. My Pontiac builds are less expensive than the chevy stuff, mostly because I need less aftermarket stuff to make them run hard, and I can use a stock converter with 2.56 to 3.42 gears behind a Pontiac... ya know what the car probably already has under it.

    • @SweatyFatGuy
      @SweatyFatGuy 4 роки тому +1

      @Craig D I can do so much more with a Pontiac, for a lot less money, and finding a Caddy is a lot more difficult. Finding a 6.0 to stuff in a truck is super easy. Just buy the whole rusted out, beaten half to death 2500 silverado or a van and there ya go.

  • @samuelsteffen4491
    @samuelsteffen4491 3 роки тому +1

    Would love to see a comparison between the different Mopar 340s. A regular 68-69 with a Carter AVS and X heads, a 71-72 with a Thermoquad and J heads and a 70 T/A or AAR with a 6 pack (slightly different block, not sure if heads are the same).

  • @Dogboy1960
    @Dogboy1960 28 днів тому +1

    In this one video you get a pretty inescapable explanation of "no replacement for displacement". Small wonder the 383 SBC is such a popular choice today. 400, 427 and even bigger small block strokes are available too but the price tag starts to get a little heftier. The 383 seems to be the sweet spot in the trade off for power on a reasonable budget. So what changed over the years that pushed the 327 and smaller engines to a place where only a numbers matching original gets a rebuild at this size. Better heads and roller cams. Richard is using the best of the day iron heads and a pretty stout factory cam for this comparison. Back then it was possible to do better but expensive porting and really wild flat lifter cams were required and for "racing only" that wasn't a problem but in a street car most people wanted something more reliable and longer lasting. Today big flow computer cut heads and roller cams can feed enough flow to larger displacement engines that it has changed everything vs what would have been done in the 1970s. Today a perfectly street ready reliable 383 SBC with 450-500HP and a big, fat broad torque curve won't cost an arm and leg and it's going to be a reliable package. In this you find the reason why it's so rare to see the smaller displacement engines as first choice today.

  • @rafatrill
    @rafatrill 4 роки тому +3

    That's some interesting stuff

  • @lencac7952
    @lencac7952 4 роки тому +2

    Number of years ago I built an original LT-1 for my 70 1/2 RS Z/28. It was a .030" over 350 that was highly built. Can't remember the exact comp cam but it was solid flat tappet with a ton of lift and all the duration, 12.5 to 1 Speed Pro pistons, the whole assembly lightened, ported 461 fuelie heads that were angle-milled .060", Victor Jr. intake, Carb Shop 920 CFM carb as well as a few other mod, 1.6 rockers, passive pan evacuation system, electric cooling fan, MSD ignition, etc. Then Madcap Racing dyno'd it with no accessories and open long tube headers. It made an astounding, altitude corrected 594 hp @ 7400 rpm and 502 lb/ft tq at 5800 rpm. 4 spd. 4:56 axle with hard as a rock TA radials, full 2.5" exhaust. At Bandimere's drag strip, no burnout allowed (5800 ft altitude) only mod was removing the air cleaner, 12.58 sec. @111 mph
    Here's a link to a short video. Plus a little street racing vs a VR4 with bigger turbos.
    ua-cam.com/video/LA64IGdbnSY/v-deo.html

    • @user-rr7kl9jz9o
      @user-rr7kl9jz9o 21 день тому

      Great vid I lived in Denver 25yrs I had a 78 Camaro w a 468 BB - I used to go to Bandimere w my buddies for test n tune n have some fun- I see your carb has the annular booster- with a high lift long duration cam the annular boosters really help w the carb signal vs a dog leg booster- I had a 604/612 lift solid lunati cam and I used an 850 w annular boosters- but your 350 flat out flies man- my 468 was fun but the best I ran was 13.01 @106 w street tires - not super fast but at that altitude it’s hard to go fast- I think your 350 would have been faster than my set up- that is a beautiful Camaro - mine was nothin fancy- take care

    • @lencac7952
      @lencac7952 21 день тому

      Nice story. Do you remember when we'd race next to I-70 on Stapleton Dr.? Really sad to see Bandimere close uh?

  • @indyrock8148
    @indyrock8148 4 роки тому

    Richard, I really appreciate how you have shown a few times it doesn't matter whether it's by bore or displacement, by increasing either results are the same 👍👌

  • @chrisredfern1882
    @chrisredfern1882 Місяць тому +1

    The 302 met racing displacement requirements. Was never built to compete with larger displacements.

  • @JadXtreme
    @JadXtreme 4 роки тому +32

    Would be cool to see the overlay of the curves between the gen 1 SBC muscle car engines compared to the gen 3/4 LS truck engines. 4.8 vs dz302, 5.3 vs 327, 6.0 vs 350, 6.2 vs 383. Great video!

    • @crw3673
      @crw3673 4 роки тому +6

      That comparison would be awesome!

    • @Shane-Singleton
      @Shane-Singleton 4 роки тому +1

      @@crw3673 And since he's already got the dyno runs logged as simple as just doing another commentary while showing them.

    • @Misterfairweather
      @Misterfairweather 4 роки тому

      I'd kind of like to see the overlay between the Gen 2 LT1 and the Gen 3 LS1, both have similar displacement and out of the box (96 LT4 vs 97 LS1) both had fairly close peak numbers.

    • @SweatyFatGuy
      @SweatyFatGuy 4 роки тому

      @@Misterfairweather For some reason though, the LS1 F body was almost always half a second faster (usually more) than the LT1 F body. The LS1s almost always had around 300whp, the LT1s were around 275whp when we tested them back in the early 00s. Even my 98, the slowest of the LS1s put down more power with 2.73 gears and a stock auto than all the LT1s.
      The auto LS1s were a lot faster than the manuals, except for one who special ordered his Z28 without AC and manual everything, it was about 350lbs lighter than the other cars, and he was a small guy too. When I dragged one of my dinosaurs to the dyno and put down 520rwtq@3000 and 650rwtq @ 5000 on pump gas without a power adder (it was also down on power a bit due to bent valves from vandalism) the Cobra guys all said it was converter flash, could not possibly be how Pontiacs are with better heads.

    • @Knightmare-gz9ls
      @Knightmare-gz9ls 4 роки тому

      Almost made same comment.

  • @lewispaine4589
    @lewispaine4589 2 роки тому +2

    Hot Rod did a 350 build called the 350 Chevy should have built a few years back, I think it was a 400 crank/350 block with longer ford 300 rods the results were interesting worth checking out

  • @bobbyduke777
    @bobbyduke777 Місяць тому +2

    great video man, thx!

  • @rickwascher4730
    @rickwascher4730 2 місяці тому +2

    I had a 67 Nova with a 327 and solid cam and lifters. 4 speed,
    456 rear end slicks. Cousin had a 66 Nova with a tired 327 that he swapped out for a 302 out of a Z-28..the guy with the Z-28 wanted a 375 hp 396
    Needless to say we had some great races.

  • @PerformanceCustomsMX
    @PerformanceCustomsMX 4 роки тому +2

    Great video!

  • @escuelaviejafarms
    @escuelaviejafarms 4 роки тому +1

    DUDE!!!!!!! Hell yeah brother!!!!!!!

  • @D2O2
    @D2O2 4 роки тому +3

    Wow! Who knew that more displacement would yield more torque?

    • @danpurdy3987
      @danpurdy3987 Місяць тому

      Displacement always makes more torque! No substitute for cubes.

  • @robertkeime4907
    @robertkeime4907 4 роки тому

    Great video

  • @markwallace5274
    @markwallace5274 4 роки тому +8

    Would love to see a test with a 383 vs 377 with same heads and camshaft and 383 vs 400 to see what the extra bore of the 400 would have on power and torque

    • @glennmanchester1568
      @glennmanchester1568 4 роки тому +2

      Yes that I would love to see even if it were just 383 and 377

    • @TheRetarp
      @TheRetarp 4 роки тому

      seconded I just commented on the 377 vs 383 comparison would be neat to see.

    • @Jontfs300
      @Jontfs300 4 роки тому +2

      Super Chevy did it... the 400 small block destroked was more powerful. It’s an old issue

    • @Jontfs300
      @Jontfs300 4 роки тому +3

      Mark Wallace 377-Destroked 400 was more potent

    • @johnstuchlik5828
      @johnstuchlik5828 Рік тому +1

      @@Jontfs300 the 377 was better than 383 and 400?lam not arguing just curious as I already have most parts laying around for mild 377 build.would you know what issue of super Chevy? I remember a comparison in some mag between 377 and 383 but not results or any details.i thought 377 bore would have less valve shrouding would be advantage but unsure about torque loss of 3.48 stroke .I'd appreciate any further comment.

  • @davidbock9753
    @davidbock9753 4 роки тому +3

    Can you do a test on the DZ302’sOption for a dual quad

  • @romper4444
    @romper4444 4 роки тому

    I REALLY wanted to see old 350 vs new 5.3 dyno ovrerlay. I thought u wouldn't miss the chance to do that. Your always so detailed with the graphs, maybe u can include it at end of new vid u do?

  • @markbirchall2060
    @markbirchall2060 4 місяці тому +1

    You are correct- Duntov did many cams- I apologize and defer to your expertise. I really enjoy your videos!!

  • @timboro3433
    @timboro3433 4 роки тому +1

    Great 👌