hey guys, new member, i just want to make 1 comment on this 307 fight that you seem to have, both are right, it is a good motor to get grocery from the store, and it is good for reliability, performance wise, hmmmmm..... i built a 307 awhile back, everyone laughed at me, much like the poor young kid who wants to upgrade the slug. my motor started out as a 68 block, put a 327 crank with some smooth machining, (327 blew up, it didnt like the 10 grand rev!! was a drunk night) stuck camel bump heads ontop with a crane fireball .675 lift cam not sure on lift, but it was high, put a vic jr single plane intake, billet distrib. muncie 4 speed and a ford 9 inch with 4.10 gears. this was jammed into a 73 nova, and the damn thing would not die, 12 years of complete torture other then changing oil and setting them damn solid lifters it never said no, it ran 11 sec consistently, few times it hit high 10s<<< lots of money to get it, but the damn thing was retarded, 3500 before it made power screamed right through til 7800 where i shifted. bottom end was all stock crap from local parts store, stock rods, all the money was spent on the top end, not sure if you want to call it a 307, but that is what i done and it worked great, now power wise i dont think it made 450 ponies but it sure did move. just my 2 cents, im not a young grasshopper anymore, but im not an old wheel chair fart either. the still runs to this day, it is in the garage on a stand, it out lived the car, go figure, i always ran sbc an swear by them but that 307 made me think twice, as for the 442 i jus got a 87 442 with the ho 307, now i can say 1 thing so keep this in mind you just never know what the guy has under his hood, make a choice as there isnt both worlds to have here, either street car or drag car, you cant have both with 1 car, many try an many fail, so beware of the next savage beast i will be unleashing on the public this summer. enjoy guys
