[CC69Rat]

I had one of the 290 HP version in a 69 Camaro. It had a nice lumpy sound to it and seemed to run pretty good. It wasn't something I would have taken to the drag strip but.. you know what I mean I guess.

Mine was about 10 yrs ago. The engines are everything they are advertised to be but just be warned the warranty they offer is only good if the engine is installed by an ACE certified mechanic. The average guy in his garage (?) Not so much.

Also after about 500 miles mine began to smoke on idle. Just a constant hint of oil smoke that got progressively worse. As it turns out there was a batch that got the wrong oil seals in them. They used 4.3 v6 seals in it that quickly gave up. As soon as we replaced the seals it was fine but just saying the QC at least used to be less than desirable. They may have improved now and not saying every one will have problems.. just letting you know what they told me when I inquired about the warranty.

I have heard you can take that 290 HP short block and a good set of 041s and make 400hp, no problem. The heads are 882s if I'm not mistaken. 76cc.