Not much can do

Posted by Mark - IN. on October 27, 2004 at 18:06:57 from (152.163.101.7):

In Reply to: More power out of a Chevy Small block posted by J.D. Jim A on October 26, 2004 at 18:09:15:

That 305 is a small block animal all to itself, a one of a kind, of sorts.

I've gotten rid of just about everything on big and small blocks. But as I recall, that 305 was all stroke, no bore. If bored .060 over, would still be the smallest bore small block in existance. As I recall, still smaller than the 262 that Chevy put out in the mid to late 70's used in the Monza (think only the Monza).

My neighbor had a 305 in his '83 suburban, when tired out, he replaced with a 350. Core on the 305 was like $50 from Jasper, so I paid it just so I could toy around with that thing. Stupid block weighed more than could get horse power out of the motor, without putting some $$$ into it that would never pay for itself. A big wind came along and blew his shed over, so he put bricks around 3 corners before ran out of bricks. Hmm? Just so happens I had the perfect weight, and that's where that 305 sets today, where it belongs, holding his shed down.

Don't put much $$$ into that thing, it's a torque (stroke) motor, not a horsepower (bore) motor. And a gas hog without a reason. Aint worth it.

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