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View Poll Results: What engine would you rather in an XY?
351, worked, 500hp 98 62.82%
turbo 4L OHC, 500hp 41 26.28%
other: please specify 17 10.90%
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Old 19-11-2007, 12:18 AM   #1
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351 clevo.

You wont have the head gasket problems and you will make more than enough power.

A car like that needs rumble! Not hissing and farting and fluttery noises, Save that for "lesser" cars :ymca: . :
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Old 19-11-2007, 12:37 AM   #2
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351 clevo.

You wont have the head gasket problems and you will make more than enough power.

A car like that needs rumble! Not hissing and farting and fluttery noises, Save that for "lesser" cars :ymca: . :
So how would you feel if some farty hissing lesser car blew you off the lights?
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Old 19-11-2007, 12:42 AM   #3
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or you could do a different v8 like a ford FE big block 332,352,390,427,428 CI
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Old 19-11-2007, 12:49 AM   #4
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I think the I6 would be unique and a little more reliable if you get a new one. But I'd leave the turbo's to the plastics nothing beats a blown 351 for old school muscle.
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Old 19-11-2007, 03:02 AM   #5
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So how would you feel if some farty hissing lesser car blew you off the lights?
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to be honest, if i was driving around in a 500hp 351C XY, i couldn't care less who was quicker in a traffic lights grand prix. no matter what anyone does to a 4L, it will never get close to sounding as good as a clevo
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