Originally posted by Jeff C.:
...But I suppose it won't take too power to get my little 3000 lb pickup moving. Oh, and if this helps it will have an NV4500 5 speed with a 3:73 rear.
A mild 350 is going to move it real fast until you need to shift gears.
If you want a quick daily driver I think a motor built for torque is what you really want. Any kind of serious 'racing' that's probably not the right transmission. But if you want a quick response leaving a light or passing, its good mid-range torque that you want.
Longer stroke versus bore (400 crank in 350 block) and modest valves and intake runners to create higher mid range intake velocities are important. But for just playing a little with a daily driver that only weighs 3000 pounds a well tuned stock motor will probably satisfy.
That's not a race car motor but you don't want one of those in a daily driver anyway.
My two cents...
