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racprops · 09-22-2018, 01:47 PM

Tried it and it failed badly: The point is back in the early 90s I put a used OLDs 350 into my then 1998 Chevy van. It worked fine until it lost a rocker arm on a trip to Chicago. It limped home and I asked for another OLDs 350, but my friend was sold out and he offered me a 305 OLDs.

WOW was THAT a mistake….MPG dropped big time and on trips I was getting honked at by big rigs climbing mountains as I had to use second gear to get up the hills and was slower than them and I was in the way so had to pull over to let them pass.

I believe it is a power to weight thing.

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racprops Master EcoModder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 799 Thanks: 4 Thanked 66 Times in 58 Posts	Tried it and it failed badly: The point is back in the early 90s I put a used OLDs 350 into my then 1998 Chevy van. It worked fine until it lost a rocker arm on a trip to Chicago. It limped home and I asked for another OLDs 350, but my friend was sold out and he offered me a 305 OLDs. WOW was THAT a mistake….MPG dropped big time and on trips I was getting honked at by big rigs climbing mountains as I had to use second gear to get up the hills and was slower than them and I was in the way so had to pull over to let them pass. I believe it is a power to weight thing.