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[Willie B]

Originally Posted by jumpsoffrock

You've got some good points. What's really sad is I felt my 327 SBC powered C50 was a bit sluggish when loaded or on hills, and felt that a BBC would fix it.

I guess not. Not sure what I'll do, but when that tired old engine comes out, I'm gonna have to build something strong enough to make the truck giddy up. I couldn't care less about fuel consumption since I don't drive my truck enough.


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The 427 is a monster. They have a massive forged crank, extra cylinder height to allow an extra oil control ring on the pistons, big valves, big cam, a cooling system bigger than other Chevy Big Blocks. Oil pump is a monster. They are built to run at full power all day long.
Still, horsepower is not huge. There are numerous listed horsepower ratings, I think about 230 HP.