Originally Posted by
NAZCA C2
You gotta like pushrod engines for their superior performance for the money. You can get a 550+ hp fordracing crate motor for well under $10,000. If you want a dohc motor with that much power your gonna have to spend a lot more. If money is no object then the dohc motor is definately the better choice.
That is because they are based on mass produced engines, the marginal costs for tuning them are relatively low. If the Northstar was produced in similar numbers as the small block Chevy, your costs figures would more or less correspond. It has nothing to do with the having pushrods or ohc's, it is just about the numbers
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