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Originally Posted by Tom
Stroke is not the only thing that dictates torque production.
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I never said it was. But I have enough experience to know that a longer stroke in a heavy vehicle puts you ahead of the "torque production" game.
Back in the day you could get a truck with a 307 but the experts at GM decided that the 305 was a better engine. There is no reason to not use a 305 in a truck unless you are doing some heavy hauling and in many cases even the 350 wont be up to the task. For a daily driver, like mine, there is really no reason to go to a bigger engine. THe only reason I would do it is costs. It`s actually cheaper to buy a 350 crate engine than to rebuild a 305. Hell the 305 long block from GM cost more than their 350 crate. Doesnt make a lot of sense there but thats what it is.
This isnt rocket science guys. Some of you just seem to want to argue over nothing. Someone disagrees with you so you argue to prove a point. no possible way the 305 could be a decent engine, right? Whatever. Go ahead, put a large bore short stroke engine in your 5000lb truck and enjoy it. I`m plenty happy with my 305 and not that I got the carb rebuilt and everything is working as it should it makes plenty of power and brings in some decent mileage.