The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network - View Single Post

chris mc bride · 07-12-2010, 09:34 PM

I agree that its easy to build hp in either bb or sb.For cheap bang for the buck its sb. For nice jump in tq at reasonable price its the bb.Now when it comes to the fun of busting someones unsuspecting a$$ its a maxed out sbc with big cubes in small looking package.Now if you max power heck build yourself a 615 bbc and tell everyone its 454.Then again theres the money issue. IMO build what you like and run it hard and enjoy.In few months you will be wanting more anyway.
I ran bbc race engines for while mainly 454 to 496 ci stuf anf got out run from time to time by sbc.Most cost twice as much as my big block and when I was running the 454 stuff they where almost as big and one was a 468 sbc(ok if you call 468 ci a small block).
Build the biggest you can afford is my advice .Then buy the best damn set of heads you can get thats where the biggest power gains are anyway.

07-12-2010, 09:34 PM	#15
chris mc bride Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greensboro nc Posts: 673	Re: Which one is better? SBC 406 or 434? I agree that its easy to build hp in either bb or sb.For cheap bang for the buck its sb. For nice jump in tq at reasonable price its the bb.Now when it comes to the fun of busting someones unsuspecting a$$ its a maxed out sbc with big cubes in small looking package.Now if you max power heck build yourself a 615 bbc and tell everyone its 454.Then again theres the money issue. IMO build what you like and run it hard and enjoy.In few months you will be wanting more anyway. I ran bbc race engines for while mainly 454 to 496 ci stuf anf got out run from time to time by sbc.Most cost twice as much as my big block and when I was running the 454 stuff they where almost as big and one was a 468 sbc(ok if you call 468 ci a small block). Build the biggest you can afford is my advice .Then buy the best damn set of heads you can get thats where the biggest power gains are anyway.