First of all, I am not trying to tell you what you have seen or done. The fact is that in stock form, the 351W produces more horespower and torque than a 300 I6. Sure, a modified 300 is capable of outperforming a stock 351 or one modified to a lesser extent. All I am saying is that a built 351W will take built 300 in a drag race any day.

 

thats what i was trying to say but im just a boy with an opinion not a man with a point of view................

 

Boy-o means the same thing if I were call you, Man or Dude or Mate or Bro or Homey or any other numorous slang terms in reference to the male gender of the individual being addressed.
So quit Bloody well Interpreting into my statements Meanings that aren't there.
As for Opinion vs. Point of View.
You state yourself that you've never built an Inliner to out perform a v8, so that means by the very definition of the word Opinion, that you have formed it on 2nd Hand Information & Emotion.
Where as, a Point of View is Based solely on 1st Hand Knowledge.

 

As I've stated previously, I've seen it done & you haven't, live w/ it.

 

Col, I prefer an inline also, but in this case it won't do the job he wants to do. It will definitely move the truck around, but it will not do it with the authority that he seems to want. I'd throw $3k into a basement 514 and call it a day.

 

I think I have decided to say the hell with it and I am going to build a 460! I am not really going to be pulling anything with it, it is just going to be a play toy. I will run the 300 for now till I get the money for the 460. Maybe in that time I will find that I like the 300, who knows!

 

Here's my 2 cents fellers! I run a nicely built 300 six (.040 over, carb, intake, header, RV cam, ignition) in my 84 F150 4x4 4 spd. It has a 4" suspension lift, 4.10s, locker in the rear LSD in the front, and 33" mudders. Bottom line is the truck is tank it will go almost anywhere and pull anything you hook to it... just not in a hurry. I have never won a race in this truck, but that is not what I set it up to do... the 300 in the truck is no different. I didn't try to make it into something it wasn't, just made it do what it already does even better. The six turns 33s with little to no trouble but on the top side of the band, there is some power to be desired. I can't complain it always has gotten the job done, and definately raises some eyebrows. It's not very common where I live to see a big truck with an inline six under the hood, it makes a fun conversation piece. With that said I am getting ready to tear into my 77 Highboy. I plan on putting a set of Dana 60s under it with 40" Swamper TSLs. I will be replacing the 351m/4 spd with a 1970 460/C6 drive train. A big block has a very robust powerband... gobs of torque and horsepower from idle to redline. 40" tires are heavy so I will need something that can turn on fast and hard, and be able to keep the tires spinning at rpms higher than 4000 and not bog down. As much as I love my six I can honestly say it wouldn't do anything past 4000 rpm, there is just nothing up there. It's just not designed to work that way, it does a great job with 33s maybe 35s. Yes it would turn 40s with the right gears, just not fast enough the clean the tires out in mud. Don't even mess with a small block go with a 460... big bore big stroke is where it's at!