EDIT: Yes, its all good. It's whatever float your boat. It's all what fun and streetable definition means to you.
" Yeah, power=money.
/thread.
I know a 408 can make 400hp eaiser than say a 331, but what fun is that?"
For me? LOL aLOT o fun! I wanted a lot of power at a reasonable pocket AND low end.
Let me explain...my preference is best summed up with a car I can floor at 5-60 and get VERY close to the same times I can 0-60...that takes LOW END GRUNT. You can build any 302, 331 347 or whatever you want to revv high and get a rwhp dyno number. To me, fun is not giving up one for the other. The higher you go in c.i. the more low end you get. That's my preference I know and not someone elses. Personally, I would never go less than maybe 331 ..definitely 347 unless my car was blown. Again that is just me. That's not to say any car that doesn't have big c.i. n/a can't go really really fast!
Although...I am still trying to figure out why someone would buy that 4-cammer!! for $15k!! lol.
O' let me give yo uguys another example..Tha new wrx sti...I was reading you have to revv it to 6 GRAND EVERY launch to get the 0-60/QM times in the 5.0/13's range...but guess what.. you are putting along at a light and want to take off? You better DUMP that burning clutch again or you can expect 7.5-8.0 second 0-60's!!!!!! that's 15's-16.0 in the quarter..
Ok, Ok, 
Now I am REALLY getting off topic I know...:OT:...well yes and NO. 
I want to make sure you guys building those new engines GET WHAT YOU WANT.
I went to a LOT of trouble building my 306 because I knew I could get RWHP numbers the same as my Z28. I DID NOT know that it would not produce the same low end and was really disappointed... Yes my fault, but I learned. But someone here will learn from my experience and nderstand it just aint the same power.
" Yeah, power=money.
/thread.
I know a 408 can make 400hp eaiser than say a 331, but what fun is that?"
For me? LOL aLOT o fun! I wanted a lot of power at a reasonable pocket AND low end.
Let me explain...my preference is best summed up with a car I can floor at 5-60 and get VERY close to the same times I can 0-60...that takes LOW END GRUNT. You can build any 302, 331 347 or whatever you want to revv high and get a rwhp dyno number. To me, fun is not giving up one for the other. The higher you go in c.i. the more low end you get. That's my preference I know and not someone elses. Personally, I would never go less than maybe 331 ..definitely 347 unless my car was blown. Again that is just me. That's not to say any car that doesn't have big c.i. n/a can't go really really fast!
Although...I am still trying to figure out why someone would buy that 4-cammer!! for $15k!! lol.
O' let me give yo uguys another example..Tha new wrx sti...I was reading you have to revv it to 6 GRAND EVERY launch to get the 0-60/QM times in the 5.0/13's range...but guess what.. you are putting along at a light and want to take off? You better DUMP that burning clutch again or you can expect 7.5-8.0 second 0-60's!!!!!! that's 15's-16.0 in the quarter..
Ok, Ok, Now I am REALLY getting off topic I know...:OT:...well yes and NO. I want to make sure you guys building those new engines GET WHAT YOU WANT.
I went to a LOT of trouble building my 306 because I knew I could get RWHP numbers the same as my Z28. I DID NOT know that it would not produce the same low end and was really disappointed...
Yes my fault, but I learned. But someone here will learn from my experience and nderstand it just aint the same power.
KC is doing that too!! 
