Way too many of you guys are looking at a particular engine to get good MPG and performance.My friends,its all in the gearing,with my 350 and 700R4 setup the 700R4 has a very low first gear that will kick [censored] on take off.Then with the overdrive 4th gear it is very economical.No reason why a 383 should not run economical too.Course with any setup ya gotta drive with a little common sense.At 73 yrs. of age I drive my truck at a very reasonable pace.Then there are the other days when some young jerkoff wants to race it from a stoplight.Sometimes I accomidate them and guess what.Yeah Old yeller leaves them sitting,and they wonder what in the hell happened,youi know like how in the Hell did that old pickup beat me back there.Those are the fun days.So for performance and economy look to gearing first,then worry about horsepower.
Last edited by dale937; 05/15/2011 8:05 PM.
