So what advantages, besides rear mount cooler, small /6 conversions offer? Options

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Yeah, back to looking at 2.2 and 2.4 engines while day dreaming. Not sure it is relational...

Just curious If there are any significant handling/weight advantages. I don’t think so, so does it come down to aesthetics of how the engine spin and sound?

I will duck and cover now...

[ClayPerrine]

Betty would say "This is cute, coming from the guy with the monster motor in his car..."

It's not all about the HP when it comes to track performance. Years ago, I was working a corner at Green Valley Raceway (sadly, it is a housing development now). I watched this Bugeye Sprite come out of the last corner and plant his foot on the floor for the long 1/2 mile straight that was also the drag strip. Within a few seconds behind him, a Big Block Vette came out of the same corner. The Vette blew by the Bugeye like he was standing still.

The next lap, I expected to see the Vette come out of the corner first. But the Bugeye came out of the corner, and the gap was bigger between it and the Vette. Same thing. The Vette blows by the Bugeye again.

Next lap, and the gap between the Bugeye and the Vette gets bigger coming out of the last corner. This happens consistently for enough laps that eventually the Bugeye was entering the hairpin at the end of the drag strip before the Vette cleared the last corner.

Seems the Bugeye was eating the Vette for lunch on the twisty parts of the circuit.


The moral of the story is that you need a chassis that handles as well as horsepower. So if you like a 2.0,2.2 or 2.4, go for it. Ultimately you have to drive the car, so build what makes you happy.

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As for me, I built my car because it was, as the Theme from Smokey and the Bandit says, "We gonna do what they say can't be done."