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Old 02-05-2003, 11:14 AM
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chevy engines in ford hot rods!

I don't agree with calling Chevys' "cheap pieces of junk", but I do prefer to have Ford engines in my Ford rides. If I had a old hotrod that was Ford, it would have a Ford engine. There's nothing wrong with Chevys, I just prefer Ford. I drag race a Ford powered, Ford truck, and do quite well against the 98% Chevy competition. I have lots of friends that have Chevy drag cars and I help them any way I can. I love American V-8s with a big cam! Just for comparison, A 465 hp 426 hemi is about $10,400. A 502/ 502 is about $7200. Ford offers 3 460 engines; the 486 hp at $5651, the 535 at $5550, and the 600 at 8299( which according to Jon Kaase actually makes 645 hp). I could only imagine what the 526 Chrysler goes for. This means I could build a Ford hotrod and put a ford big block in it for less money and have just as much power. Why would I want to put a Chevy engine in it? Just my .02 though. Dave