Reply #135: Arguing with the haters are we?

[beevul]

Don't let them get to you. Most of the detractors of the chevrolet engine, likely have NO CLUE just how different it has become from the old "350 with a quadrajet" or even the l03/l05 tbi truck/camaro engines. They know nothing of cylinder head design, meaning they have no clue just how close the vortec head is to a 4 valve design, where efficiency is concerned.

FWIW, I have an s-10 blazer fourwheel drive, with a 350 (l05) transplanted where the old 4.3 was, and it gets better milage with the 350 than it ever did with the 4.3.

I kept the throttle body injection, the AC, and everything. Looks like it was born there.

And it doesn't ever end up in the shop - unlike my suzuki swift (which I actually do like as a car - its a GREAT little car for fuel economy) with 61k miles and a shot transmission.


And yeah, Dollar for dollar, a Corvette will spank any Ferrari. Of course, thats been the case for quite some time.