I was just watching "Car and Driver" television today and they showed the special on the camaro....big whoop! anyways they were talking about how hot the "special" 302 that came in the car. it was rated almost 400hp. What the motor is said to be consisted of is a 327 block with a 283 crank, solid lifters and oversized valvesprings. The reason they made this motor was to meet the trans-am spec. regualtions. well I was wondering if i could do the same thing with my 326?? i was thinking of throwing a 301 crank......what do you guys think?? is it possible to match chevy's ideas of creating power but keeping the smallest cubes?

I'm not sure how much work that would take, and or if the results would be as good, since they also did lots of experimenting with the heads etc...

I must say, that for a 326, even an H.O., your's seems pretty stout! I'd maybe save the money experamenting, and get your heads ported and polished by some one into Pontiacs, and you'll be quite happy!

The H.O.'s were almost what the 400's were in stock form as far as HP. Usually not quite as much torque... but pretty high HP rating...

Do a little more research on the H.O.'s... they may surprise you... and the 141 heads were pretty good on the 326's.

Anyway, just my thoughts...

Later - Brett - 67 Drop Top 455!