According to TH-cam keyboard Racers and mechanics a small block Chevy 355 cannot make any power is slow and the only way to make them go fast is pushed him off a cliff
So apparently there are some TH-cam keyboard racers and mechanics that think a 355 Chevy is junk and slow and the only way to make him go fast is to push them off a cliff. I am not the type of person that goes on social media claiming to have this or that. But what I do have is plenty of videos and pictures Time Slips Dyno sheets showing what I have and what I build in my spare time. I may not have the fastest race cars and my 1968 Camaro may not be an overly fast street car when it's done but I guess I could be like mobile mechanic and other TH-cam keyboard Racers and sit here and claim to have a 8 second car with nothing to back it up. I think it's about time for some people to shut their pie hole or back up the claim of this 8 second car.
@@ttsully6437 yeah them Big Blocks they don't like a whole lot of timing that is for sure. The dyno numbers I posted are at the crank not at the wheels so you would have to take roughly 20% off of that 625 horsepower and roughly 20% off that 575 horsepower and that would give you a pretty rough estimate of what it would make at the wheels. But as you know there are so many factors in how much lost you have in your drivetrain from the size of the converter how much slippage the converter has if your transmission has a roller tail-shaft what's in it for universal joints what's in it for gear oil. I'm hoping this exact same motor when I put it in the Camaro and lower the compression to roughly a 10.5 or 11:1 it will make roughly 520 at the crank I'm hoping to lose no more than 50 with the drop of two points of compression. And after comes off the engine dyno and in the car I will also be putting it on the chassis dyno
It's from the LS keyboard crowd. They never even built an engine and they are all experts. They just read all the magazine stories and think the LS is the only engine worth talking about. They are mostly young with no background in drag racing or street racing like we used to do in the old days. That's where we learned about the SBC and how to make it run. Just look back over the years of racing in every class and the SBC is the one that did it all. Without the success of the SBC there would not be an LS. The SBC is a great engine and these dyno sheets prove it. All across America this engine reigns supreme. No other engine has had so much stuff made for it and every new thing is designed for the SBC first. Granted the LS is better in many ways to be sure but no one should look down their nose at this wonderful engine.
We built my buddy's pump gas 355 11.1- 6 inch rod afr heads victor intake 750 demon big tube headers lunati hyd roller 560ish lift believe it was 4-7 swap Dyno was 540hp
Compression, air flow and fuel makes any sbc come to life that's what makes them the best engine ever designed. Cheapest HP per dollar. Thanks for sharing your build/proof.
Pretty decent #s for a 355, as for the 383 comment I had to lol, you can easily get 650 plus, easily, even over 700 from a well built 383 NA, my personal fav sbc will always be the ole sb 400, hard to outrun the torque of a well built 406
@@stevie..d..pontiactransamm1215 thanks buddy the heads are a big part of it. They started out as 220cc runners after all the port work they are closer to 230cc now. Back 15 years ago those Dart heads were some of the baddest ones you could get and it's pretty sad to think about the money spent to buy them brand new and then the thousands of dollars in Port work invested in them where as a you can go out and buy a brand new CNC ported AFR head now that cost less money then are in these Dart heads and the afr's Not only cheaper but perform better but that's the good part of Technology. The other part that makes a big difference in the way this Motor Works is the camshaft as you seen in the specs .630 isn't a whole lot of lift but you have to remember that is with a 1.5 ratio rocker I have 1.65 but the big thing about the cam is as you seen the duration and the overlap that overlap and the size of the header tubes creates a lot of Scavenging and helping fill that cylinder with more are quicker
It's definitely impressive. Dart has a cast head now brand new cast that flows nearly identical to a basic cnc ported head. Heads are huge it determines what size cam,duration etc. Key is the valves opening and closing asap. Thats why I love big bore short stroke engines.
I AGREE WITH YOU 100% MY BUDDY JUST BUILT A 355 LT1 WITH FACTORY ALUMINUM HEADS PUMP GAS MADE 550 HE PORTS HEADS FOR PAT MUSI AND ANDY JENSEN SO HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKEM FLOW IF YOUR INTERESTED I CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH HIM, MAYBE HE CAN HELP YOU MAKE EVEN MORE, GREAT VIDEO 2 THUMBS UP
Good too see it is standard stroke 350, 4.030" bore making it 355ci. don't worry about what others think.. I don't doubt that with that light weight you mentioned, that it can go 9's 1/4 mile times. If that is still based on 23° heads, That ain't slow considering it's still relatively small displacement. Not to many Ls guy's with similar displacement would be making that much power and going that quick naturally aspirated ethier.
I have been running a 355 for years with a Procharger and it unreal. No problems and all with non roller flat tappet cam. I shift it at 7000 rpm all day long.
Thanks buddy just when you think you've heard it all someone have to bring a whole new world of stupidity to the table LOL. Can you imagine someone that says they know about engines and drag racing and know as much as they do and say that it takes 1500 horsepower to go 8's I don't know about you but if I had a car and it had 1500 horsepower and it only went 8 Seconds I would be taking the front clip off and put the other 4 spark plug wires on that got left off LOL here a tube chassis door car that weighs in the 2400 to 2600 pound range with a big block Chevy will go in the 8s with 750 horsepower you seen some of my videos that Black Nova that crashed and was destroyed I posted videos showing the times of that car that was 7.66 at 176 miles an hour and that was 1200 horsepower all motor and my buddy Jimmy Dean who has the black 2001 carbon fibre body Camaro has a all motor 572 that dynoed 1180 and that goes 7.63 at 180 mile an hour. Can you imagine someone saying it takes 1,500 horsepower to go 8 Seconds Jesus
ChevyMustang1 buddy LMAO your gonna have those guys sometimes I have no where near 1,000 hp & run 8’s in the 1/4 mile so lol I don’t know what they are thinking.?.? Maybe to much TV??? 😂😂
Well balanced motor with great internals and some good heads.Let the pump breath correctly with A matching am.Oooooo yaaaaa.No doubt stroke will over power.All depends on what you are looking to do :-) ... Great video thank you.
MAN I KNOW THEM LIL SBC TURN UP, IM A SBC MAN, PEOPLE JUST DONT GET IT !LOL BIG FAN OF YOUR CHEVYPOWERDFOX555 TOLD ME ABOUT YOU ! MY FRIEND CREATED MORE CUBIC INCHES OUT OF A SMALL BLOCK CHEVY THAN ANYONE IN LATE 80'S ! DENNIS MITCHELL OUT HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
good info my buddy has a gene fulton built 355 with brodix heads on almost the same cam and his dyno sheets are real close he hasnt run the quarter but he does the eighth and it runs 650 all day in a heavy malibu
I have a 327 in a 3400lb car, with a 4 speed that runs mid 11s on everyday radials with me in the seat. No power adders of any sort. No nos, no turbo, no supercharger. 76 brand 110oct. A lot of people think they know what they're talking about, and as far as I'm concerned thats a dangerous personality trait. Ignorance of intelligence is much more dangerous than ignorance itself. Can you make more power out of more cubic inches? Sure you can, duh...but that doesnt mean its the RIGHT power...Theres advantages and disadvantages to both. Building a custom engine is exactly that, its not a factory engine built around the idea that it might go to the market today, or towing a boat or camper the next. I could certainly put drag radials on it and likely shave it down to mid low 10s in perfect conditions. Thats fast for a smaller small block in a car that size that could be driven daily, and sometimes during the summer is driven daily. Imagine what the engineered dart 427 small block does in my 2600lb car built to do nothing but run the 1/4 in as fast as possible...This car does not daily drive and would be difficult plus down right scary on any back road over 30 mph...but thats not what it was built for..However that engine in the 3400lb car probably wouldnt actually make it much faster on the track anyway. Hooking it up and trying to keep it straight without changing a lot would be a problem, even if the conditions were perfect enough i might be able to get it to hook enough towards the end of the track and have enough power to be a little faster but that kind of takes some of the fun away from it, if your trying harder to keep it out of the wall than you are trying to win or complete the race...not to mention, potentially destroying somthing valuable. In my case its 62 Super sport thats mostly original I dont want to mess it up and I dont want to change a ton of stuff that takes away from the originalness if you will, of the car. Either way it all depends on what you want to do with what you're building, and it all plays a roll, from engine, drive line, shocks, tires, brakes. Everything.
I have a nearly identical build to this and it'll run towards 8 grand all day. Accidentally hit 9 grand once and held together. Gotta have all forged internals
Lol who says a 355 can’t go fast? Idiots I assume. I’ve gone high 9s on a quite basic 355 and 1 kit in a 2900lb S10. I also currently make over 900whp with a 100% stock bottom end 5.3/325CID with boost. You don’t always need big cubes.
@@kylandfuller7951 The engine was quite basic, that build was quick more so because of a good chsssis and trans combo than raw power. But it was an iron block deal, Eagle rotating assembly (4.030 bore/3.48 stroke) The piston was a flat top forging that made around 11.2:1 static CR with AFR 210cc/80cc CNC heads with a good valve job, worked out to be like a 64cc chamber I believe. Other than that just a stout cam from Howard’s, it was sort of a custom grind but around 240s duration, .610 lift on a 113lsa. It was topped off with a Holley carb sitting on top of a plate from Nitrous Outlet and running jets good for about 270 HP that would be considered like a “250” shot. Backed by a Glide in a proven little pickup chassis it always did what it needed to do on race day.
@@kylandfuller7951 The rotating assembly wasn’t anything fancy from Eagle either, it was one of those all in one Kits you get from Jegs or Summit for well under a grand that comes with pistons/rods/crank/ bearings, the whole deal.
Well Nascar used to get upwards of 750 hp out of the 355 SBC. I guess you make a point if you are talking race engines only. All out port work, high lift long duration cam, non streetable compression ratio, tuned on the edge of detonation and run at 6000 RPM and up.
What heads?? Dude? Why do you have to be so close? Back up! I can zoom if I need a close up! I want to see the sheet in a broad view. I want to see more specs. Obviously a wicked build. 14.1 is Radical. I want to know heads? I got it! Its a 355 like you said 20 frickin times! Why are you so butt hurt? You have a 600 horse 355? I think? You didn't show us the sheet so we could read it? You were zoomed into the spacific number then moved your camara were you wanted us to see. I want to see it all. And what ci was it again???
So apparently there are some TH-cam keyboard racers and mechanics that think a 355 Chevy is junk and slow and the only way to make him go fast is to push them off a cliff. I am not the type of person that goes on social media claiming to have this or that. But what I do have is plenty of videos and pictures Time Slips Dyno sheets showing what I have and what I build in my spare time. I may not have the fastest race cars and my 1968 Camaro may not be an overly fast street car when it's done but I guess I could be like mobile mechanic and other TH-cam keyboard Racers and sit here and claim to have a 8 second car with nothing to back it up. I think it's about time for some people to shut their pie hole or back up the claim of this 8 second car.
AND BAM THAT JUST HAPPEN!! 👊🏼 much love my Canadian brother..
Dam Mike my 540 only puts out 622 on the chassis dyno at 34 degrees
@@ttsully6437 yeah them Big Blocks they don't like a whole lot of timing that is for sure. The dyno numbers I posted are at the crank not at the wheels so you would have to take roughly 20% off of that 625 horsepower and roughly 20% off that 575 horsepower and that would give you a pretty rough estimate of what it would make at the wheels. But as you know there are so many factors in how much lost you have in your drivetrain from the size of the converter how much slippage the converter has if your transmission has a roller tail-shaft what's in it for universal joints what's in it for gear oil. I'm hoping this exact same motor when I put it in the Camaro and lower the compression to roughly a 10.5 or 11:1 it will make roughly 520 at the crank I'm hoping to lose no more than 50 with the drop of two points of compression. And after comes off the engine dyno and in the car I will also be putting it on the chassis dyno
ChevyMustang1 That still impressive Mike
@@CrippleNickel555 word Travis our Bro! Thanks
It's from the LS keyboard crowd. They never even built an engine and they are all experts. They just read all the magazine stories and think the LS is the only engine worth talking about. They are mostly young with no background in drag racing or street racing like we used to do in the old days. That's where we learned about the SBC and how to make it run. Just look back over the years of racing in every class and the SBC is the one that did it all. Without the success of the SBC there would not be an LS. The SBC is a great engine and these dyno sheets prove it. All across America this engine reigns supreme. No other engine has had so much stuff made for it and every new thing is designed for the SBC first. Granted the LS is better in many ways to be sure but no one should look down their nose at this wonderful engine.
We built my buddy's pump gas 355 11.1- 6 inch rod afr heads victor intake 750 demon big tube headers lunati hyd roller 560ish lift believe it was 4-7 swap Dyno was 540hp
Not only can a 355 cui make great power they can take a brutal beating over & over-ask my dirt track stock car 👍🏼
First motor I had built
Compression, air flow and fuel makes any sbc come to life that's what makes them the best engine ever designed. Cheapest HP per dollar. Thanks for sharing your build/proof.
Pretty decent #s for a 355, as for the 383 comment I had to lol, you can easily get 650 plus, easily, even over 700 from a well built 383 NA, my personal fav sbc will always be the ole sb 400, hard to outrun the torque of a well built 406
My fav also. I have 73 feature (dirt track) wins on a 406 with one rebuild.
Those are some pretty good numbers. I love SBC myself.
Those Dart 220 heads are key with 14.1 CR. 4.30 bore×3.48 stroke,6 inch rod.
@@stevie..d..pontiactransamm1215 thanks buddy the heads are a big part of it. They started out as 220cc runners after all the port work they are closer to 230cc now. Back 15 years ago those Dart heads were some of the baddest ones you could get and it's pretty sad to think about the money spent to buy them brand new and then the thousands of dollars in Port work invested in them where as a you can go out and buy a brand new CNC ported AFR head now that cost less money then are in these Dart heads and the afr's Not only cheaper but perform better but that's the good part of Technology. The other part that makes a big difference in the way this Motor Works is the camshaft as you seen in the specs .630 isn't a whole lot of lift but you have to remember that is with a 1.5 ratio rocker I have 1.65 but the big thing about the cam is as you seen the duration and the overlap that overlap and the size of the header tubes creates a lot of Scavenging and helping fill that cylinder with more are quicker
It's definitely impressive. Dart has a cast head now brand new cast that flows nearly identical to a basic cnc ported head. Heads are huge it determines what size cam,duration etc. Key is the valves opening and closing asap. Thats why I love big bore short stroke engines.
I AGREE WITH YOU 100% MY BUDDY JUST BUILT A 355 LT1 WITH FACTORY ALUMINUM HEADS PUMP GAS MADE 550 HE PORTS HEADS FOR PAT MUSI AND ANDY JENSEN SO HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKEM FLOW IF YOUR INTERESTED I CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH HIM, MAYBE HE CAN HELP YOU MAKE EVEN MORE, GREAT VIDEO 2 THUMBS UP
Good too see it is standard stroke 350, 4.030" bore making it 355ci.
don't worry about what others think..
I don't doubt that with that light weight you mentioned, that it can go 9's 1/4 mile times. If that is still based on 23° heads, That ain't slow considering it's still relatively small displacement. Not to many Ls guy's with similar displacement would be making that much power and going that quick naturally aspirated ethier.
There is no 12 step program for stupid. Numbers as this fellow shows don't lie. Glad he brought this up to viewers!
I have been running a 355 for years with a Procharger and it unreal. No problems and all with non roller flat tappet cam. I shift it at 7000 rpm all day long.
Awesome hp and a even better sound than a raspy LS
back in the day the guys running mod would turn the sbc to 10,000 rpm all the time
HELL YES MIKE YOU ARE THA MAN,,LOOK OVER THE COMPUTER RACERS LMAO!! There are some “Mechanics” that just don’t know how to make power.... much love!!!
Thanks buddy just when you think you've heard it all someone have to bring a whole new world of stupidity to the table LOL. Can you imagine someone that says they know about engines and drag racing and know as much as they do and say that it takes 1500 horsepower to go 8's I don't know about you but if I had a car and it had 1500 horsepower and it only went 8 Seconds I would be taking the front clip off and put the other 4 spark plug wires on that got left off LOL here a tube chassis door car that weighs in the 2400 to 2600 pound range with a big block Chevy will go in the 8s with 750 horsepower you seen some of my videos that Black Nova that crashed and was destroyed I posted videos showing the times of that car that was 7.66 at 176 miles an hour and that was 1200 horsepower all motor and my buddy Jimmy Dean who has the black 2001 carbon fibre body Camaro has a all motor 572 that dynoed 1180 and that goes 7.63 at 180 mile an hour. Can you imagine someone saying it takes 1,500 horsepower to go 8 Seconds Jesus
ChevyMustang1 buddy LMAO your gonna have those guys sometimes I have no where near 1,000 hp & run 8’s in the 1/4 mile so lol I don’t know what they are thinking.?.? Maybe to much TV??? 😂😂
Well balanced motor with great internals and some good heads.Let the pump breath correctly with A matching am.Oooooo yaaaaa.No doubt stroke will over power.All depends on what you are looking to do :-) ... Great video thank you.
There's no replacement for displacement. Except compression 😉
MAN I KNOW THEM LIL SBC TURN UP, IM A SBC MAN, PEOPLE JUST DONT GET IT !LOL BIG FAN OF YOUR CHEVYPOWERDFOX555 TOLD ME ABOUT YOU ! MY FRIEND CREATED MORE CUBIC INCHES OUT OF A SMALL BLOCK CHEVY THAN ANYONE IN LATE 80'S ! DENNIS MITCHELL OUT HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
I am putting Same cam in our 355 . 2620 lb nova 355 glide 5.29 gear
The thing is that every body is adding alot of nitrous or boost to a ls or coyote but if you try it whit a sbc you gonna have great number too
I love the options I have with my 355 and love the post !!👌😎
good info my buddy has a gene fulton built 355 with brodix heads on almost the same cam and his dyno sheets are real close he hasnt run the quarter but he does the eighth and it runs 650 all day in a heavy malibu
355 is a sleeper, ya better have ya shit together when you line up
355 has roller or flattapet cam
Tell the build specs!
Excellent video. You definately need to know HOW to get the power out of the engine before making conclusions.
What trans do you have behind the 355?
Seeing if I could get the build specs I am going to build a 355 and it looks like you have a good setup could I email you thanks.
What kind of setup? Heads and cam
what’s done to it? i’m looking to look for similar numbers
I have a 327 in a 3400lb car, with a 4 speed that runs mid 11s on everyday radials with me in the seat. No power adders of any sort. No nos, no turbo, no supercharger. 76 brand 110oct. A lot of people think they know what they're talking about, and as far as I'm concerned thats a dangerous personality trait. Ignorance of intelligence is much more dangerous than ignorance itself. Can you make more power out of more cubic inches? Sure you can, duh...but that doesnt mean its the RIGHT power...Theres advantages and disadvantages to both. Building a custom engine is exactly that, its not a factory engine built around the idea that it might go to the market today, or towing a boat or camper the next. I could certainly put drag radials on it and likely shave it down to mid low 10s in perfect conditions. Thats fast for a smaller small block in a car that size that could be driven daily, and sometimes during the summer is driven daily. Imagine what the engineered dart 427 small block does in my 2600lb car built to do nothing but run the 1/4 in as fast as possible...This car does not daily drive and would be difficult plus down right scary on any back road over 30 mph...but thats not what it was built for..However that engine in the 3400lb car probably wouldnt actually make it much faster on the track anyway. Hooking it up and trying to keep it straight without changing a lot would be a problem, even if the conditions were perfect enough i might be able to get it to hook enough towards the end of the track and have enough power to be a little faster but that kind of takes some of the fun away from it, if your trying harder to keep it out of the wall than you are trying to win or complete the race...not to mention, potentially destroying somthing valuable. In my case its 62 Super sport thats mostly original I dont want to mess it up and I dont want to change a ton of stuff that takes away from the originalness if you will, of the car. Either way it all depends on what you want to do with what you're building, and it all plays a roll, from engine, drive line, shocks, tires, brakes. Everything.
Ya but you can get easy 500+ hp on LS motor and run it on pump gas and daily drive it!!
👍
How did you get a 355 to 7k rpm my dad says ours is lucky to pass 6k
I have a nearly identical build to this and it'll run towards 8 grand all day. Accidentally hit 9 grand once and held together. Gotta have all forged internals
Cam!
@@stevengrissom7142 thanks
@@Not_Sure_81 thanks
Everybody is missing on how you need to have it balanced.
Hey buddy I’m gonna put this video on my channel if that’s ok
Go ahead buddy you're more than welcome to put it on your channel if you like hopefully it won't stir up any shit for you again LOL
Missed your video Travis. .always get a good power from sbc
Love a healthy 355
yeah, healthy alright its dang mighty mouse
I'm a owner of one she's tougher than nails
All numbers all hp!
is this wheel or crank?
crank
Your letting people get to you. Who cares what people say. You can get personal satisfaction from your own builds.
Lol who says a 355 can’t go fast? Idiots I assume. I’ve gone high 9s on a quite basic 355 and 1 kit in a 2900lb S10. I also currently make over 900whp with a 100% stock bottom end 5.3/325CID with boost. You don’t always need big cubes.
What all was done to the 355 to get it to 9s?
@@kylandfuller7951 The engine was quite basic, that build was quick more so because of a good chsssis and trans combo than raw power. But it was an iron block deal, Eagle rotating assembly (4.030 bore/3.48 stroke) The piston was a flat top forging that made around 11.2:1 static CR with AFR 210cc/80cc CNC heads with a good valve job, worked out to be like a 64cc chamber I believe. Other than that just a stout cam from Howard’s, it was sort of a custom grind but around 240s duration, .610 lift on a 113lsa. It was topped off with a Holley carb sitting on top of a plate from Nitrous Outlet and running jets good for about 270 HP that would be considered like a “250” shot. Backed by a Glide in a proven little pickup chassis it always did what it needed to do on race day.
@@kylandfuller7951 The rotating assembly wasn’t anything fancy from Eagle either, it was one of those all in one Kits you get from Jegs or Summit for well under a grand that comes with pistons/rods/crank/ bearings, the whole deal.
Well Nascar used to get upwards of 750 hp out of the 355 SBC. I guess you make a point if you are talking race engines only. All out port work, high lift long duration cam, non streetable compression ratio, tuned on the edge of detonation and run at 6000 RPM and up.
YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME MAN CHEVY HATERS R JUST PEA BRAINS
What heads?? Dude? Why do you have to be so close? Back up! I can zoom if I need a close up! I want to see the sheet in a broad view. I want to see more specs. Obviously a wicked build. 14.1 is Radical. I want to know heads? I got it! Its a 355 like you said 20 frickin times! Why are you so butt hurt? You have a 600 horse 355? I think? You didn't show us the sheet so we could read it? You were zoomed into the spacific number then moved your camara were you wanted us to see. I want to see it all. And what ci was it again???
Damn, calm down a little.....
If you can't get 500 hp from a 350 you don't know to build an engine.
What intake manifold did you use for this build
383 11.5compression afr heads 650on motor 355 11.5compression afr head gud for550hp streetsable this guy no his stuff very well ...