Route666
Active Member
Now now, don't everyone get their knickers in a knot, they both have their good points, but sure you could build the same amount of power in a small block as a bigblock, but it wouldn't drive as nice and you could build the big block to produce even more power with the same amount of driveability. IMO neither is BETTER than the other. (Which I guess means in general) They have their own applications at which they excel.
Smalls are smaller, make less torque so need to run higher rpm to get big power, are lighter and possibly more fuel efficient, so more suitable to circuit racing where laps between refuelling, corning ability and sustained high speeds are important.
Drag racing is more suited to the big block because you can get an overall better power to weight ratio, it doesn't matter how much fuel it drinks, and it doesn't matter if is hardly turns.
Smalls are smaller, make less torque so need to run higher rpm to get big power, are lighter and possibly more fuel efficient, so more suitable to circuit racing where laps between refuelling, corning ability and sustained high speeds are important.
Drag racing is more suited to the big block because you can get an overall better power to weight ratio, it doesn't matter how much fuel it drinks, and it doesn't matter if is hardly turns.