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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 03:16 AM
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Performance 454 or performance 350
700r4 or muncie 4 speed
With 336 gears
I have all these things

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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 08:16 AM
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383.
5 or 6 speed trans.
3.73 r&p.
Then you'll have even more!! More is better!!
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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454 4 speed... no substitute for cubic inches
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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454 with 4 speed!! No replacement for displacement...
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454... What tyancey00 said
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 02:21 PM
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454 with M-20.
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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350 w/ 6 speed is what Im getting installed when I buy my C3.
Ill have to settle with my C5 for now
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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Who doesn't love a Big Block with a Manual? Follow your heart bro, you know what to do.


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The 454 and the 4 speed. The H3ll with "Environmental Responsibility"!
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 09:09 PM
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454/ 4 speed, 5speed if you can and 3.73 gears /thread
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 09:36 PM
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Big toys for big boys...454, you'll never regret it.
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454, definitely do the manual, 5spd od if you can. It really makes it a driver you can spend the day in and not spend your retirement money on gas.
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Old Nov 1, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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Big Block w/manual trans.
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Big block, 4-speed, try to get your hands on an overdrive manual transmission.


Keep the shiny side up!
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 01:31 AM
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454 with 4-speed.

5-speed if you are in to highway cruising.

No need for a 6-speed on a bigblock.
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I also have a gearvendors unit
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Originally Posted by RickyBerg
454 with 4-speed.

5-speed if you are in to highway cruising.

No need for a 6-speed on a bigblock.


But the 5 speed does wonders with proper gears
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 03:26 AM
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In an ideal world, both. The 454 for in town cruising, the 350 for weekend roadtrip adventures.
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In an ideal world, both. The 454 for in town cruising, the 350 for weekend roadtrip adventures.
Can you explain your choise a bit deeper?
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RickyBerg
Can you explain your choise a bit deeper?
Easy. Nothing in the world is more fun on a Saturday night then a big block. It promises you and delivers, good times and strange women.

But, for that 2000 mile roadtrip to the Keys, with gas prices, I gotta compromise.
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