Big block muscle cars get all the attention, but their small-bore brothers were fast, cheap and could even do corners
served up engines as big as 401 cu-in in the Javelin pony car in 1971, but abandoned plans to do the same with the Hornet compact, meaning its hottest motor was a 360 cu-in mill in the SC/360. That pumped out 285 hp with the help of the four-barrel carb and Ram Air induction that came with the optional “Go” package, which wasn’t bad considering the low compression ratios Detroit was running that year.
Enter Don Yenko, a horsepower junkie with a hotline to GM who persuaded the factory to slot the 360-hp small-block in Chevy’s smallest car for his customers. The Nova “Deuce” looked like a great package – and a hell of a lot less likely to land you in hospital than the 427 transplant Yenko also offered.The ’68 Dart GTS 340’s claimed 275 hp output might sound underwhelming but Chrysler was undoubtedly fibbing about the 5.
The cam on this thing was so aggressive that the engine didn’t create enough vaccuum to operate a brake booster and it idled like a full-on racecar. But it also made 325 hp with the help of under-bumper cold-air induction and revved to sone 6,000 rpm.’s tester inhaled the quarter mile in 14.5 seconds at 97 mph , having passed 60 mph in just 6.0 seconds.You could still option a W-31 engine for your Cutlass in 1970, but that year it was joined by a second small-cubemuscle car.
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