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Message: <blockquote data-quote="94Snake" data-source="post: 473529" data-attributes="member: 8739">+1if this is a daily driver then you should want the low end torque of a 347, most guys put an h/c/i combo on their 302 motors to make the n/a horsepower i make and no where near the torque and my combo runs out of steam at 5400 rpms. as far as burning oil, mine doesn't. just reuse the junk top end build a fresh 347 foundation and improve on it when money comes in from the NASCAR engine building career you should be striving for, as far as engine handling the power, a girdle can be bandaid but i'm thinking you won't see 500 rwhp or beating it up with a pair of slicks or nitrous so...who cares. as far as gas goes, it's a v8....you'll be stop'n'go traffic somewhere.....and the bottom line: "there's no replacement for displacement".</blockquote>