I want to build an engine from the block up, it will be my first

350 SMALL BLOCK CHEVY

IMPOSSIBLE TO FUCK UP

Can't go wrong with an engine you can build to 400hp for $1400

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As much as I love Mopar they are the most expensive to build of the big three. That being said, go for the Mopar but maybe consider the 383 and 400 big blocks(both rev much faster than the 440) or a 340 small block
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>>16526475
This

Even as a Chrysler fanboy I would recommend a SBC. There is so much cheap OEM/NOS and aftermarket stuff for Chevys it isn't funny. Old Chrysler stuff especially big blocks are very expensive to build

>>16526514
Which is the best for 1/4 mile racing?

>>16526526
>>16526462
Also if you insist on a Chrysler engine I would go with a 360. The LA 360 was used from 1971-1992 in passenger cars and trucks and the Magnum 360 was used from 1993-2003 in trucks. They along with the 318 are probably the most common Chrysler engine out there. I can buy one from my local junkyard for around $150 if I pull it myself

>>16526565
any JY 4.8/5.3 and ebay tarbo

>>16526526
And when youre done with it and had your fun theres a kit to drop that engine in a fucking fiero

Questions op
>How much power do you want to make?
>How much do you want to spend

>>16526608
>If I'm going V8, maybe like 450
>Cheap

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Ford 300

even if you fuck it up, it will still run

>>16526462
Go 318 or 383, Very simple engines if you have to go mopar. If you come across a 400 go for it as well, they are very similar to the 383.