Ok, its probably a no brainer but just wondered what you guys thought. I'm "building" (read sending off shell to have someone do most of it...) a euro touring car inspired Mk3 Cortina, for fast road and track use. If I was building a drag car (which I'm not) I'd go for iron block, as for equal money I could get much more power than with an alloy block.
As the car is going to be built with handling in mind, I'm contemplating taking a hit on the power and going for an alloy block.
Power will be at the lower end of things ~350 - 400 HP I guess, compared to getting towards 500 if I went for iron block. It seems to me that saving 100lbs/50kgs at the front end (about 5% of weight of car) is worth more than the power, even if the block is set back as far as possible.
Oh just realised I should have said I'm going for a 302 based engine.
Does anyone else make blocks apart from World / Dart and if so how do they compare? I'll be importing engine to UK, so I'm assuming its more cost effective to import a complete engine rather than the block and get it built over here?
Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Jono.
As the car is going to be built with handling in mind, I'm contemplating taking a hit on the power and going for an alloy block.
Power will be at the lower end of things ~350 - 400 HP I guess, compared to getting towards 500 if I went for iron block. It seems to me that saving 100lbs/50kgs at the front end (about 5% of weight of car) is worth more than the power, even if the block is set back as far as possible.
Oh just realised I should have said I'm going for a 302 based engine.
Does anyone else make blocks apart from World / Dart and if so how do they compare? I'll be importing engine to UK, so I'm assuming its more cost effective to import a complete engine rather than the block and get it built over here?
Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Jono.