Fox Body or G-Body: Which is Better and Why?

[swampratt]

460" 4 barrel in a fox I seen it done and only add on was an electric water pump drive.. it ran low 12's.
Friend stuck a warmed over 400 ford in a fox mercury and it was uncontrollable .. this was 25 years ago.
Much more support for those Fords today.
Turbo on a Ford.
I am almost liking the LS but not just yet.
I still spank a few friends with LS engines in my 4 door 57 with 350" old school with 268H and 305 heads.

I can turn up the wick much cheaper than they can.
So if they start beating me I just need to spend another 100 and drop a second or 2 off my time.

 

[zghorner]

460" 4 barrel in a fox I seen it done and only add on was an electric water pump drive.. it ran low 12's.
Friend stuck a warmed over 400 ford in a fox mercury and it was uncontrollable .. this was 25 years ago.
Much more support for those Fords today.
Turbo on a Ford.
I am almost liking the LS but not just yet.
I still spank a few friends with LS engines in my 4 door 57 with 350" old school with 268H and 305 heads.

I can turn up the wick much cheaper than they can.
So if they start beating me I just need to spend another 100 and drop a second or 2 off my time.

that's cool if you like to keep it old school but i have seen, in person, my good friend drive his foxbody with a junk yard turbo LS (on e85) an hour to the track getting 20 mpg...run an 8.40 1/4 mile...then drive an hour home getting 20 mpg. the car has since gone 8.12.

That is obviously an extreme case but still man good luck ever doing that with a 460 without dropping stupid money.

 

[beastep]

Not superior to the 302 in every way. A few maybe. And even less so to the 351 deck height engines. You go to rebuild a LS its going to hit the wallet pretty hard. Those are just my opinions and im not here to argue opinions.

 

[swampratt]

I hear ya ..I have been in the 9 second flat boosted LS powered fox bodies running a 325 gear or something like that.. ridiculous power and in a light package.
I always liked light cars to go quick.
Thing is the LS has many followers and this is bringing the price down as competition in the market place is really ramping up.

I still want an inexpensive carbon seal turbo for a draw through set up to keep it really old school.

 

[magna19]

G-Body that was fun to drive on the street. 489 Hyd Roller motor 850 Demon 12 bolt posi 4.11 TH 400 almost ready for paint and got out of the hotrod game. A lot of people don't know but the El Camino is not lighter in the rear than the Chevelle.

 

[swampratt]

Nice ride magna19 I weigh many cars and FIL had a 64 elcamino I built a 388" SBC fir and it weighed 3840 with no one in it.
My 57 chevy 4 door weighs 3800 with me in it at 215 lb fat Butt. 350 small block.
My 77 delta 88 was 3820. with 350 olds.
My buddies 77 TA with 400" poncho was 3840.
I never weighed my 72 chevelle.. it had the inline 6 and I did not take it to the track before someone had to have it more than I did.

56 chevy belair 4 door 3190 lbs with a Ford 200" inline 6 and C4 trans Yes you read that correctly I am sick sometimes. . That actually ran really good.
Build what you have laying around.
How much did that ElCamino weigh?

 

[magna19]

How much did that ElCamino weigh?

Don't really remember exactly but 3300+ seems to come to mind.