I’m late, but I’ll flip flop daily driving one or the other, 305 mostly. It won’t win a race, and it can’t handle a lot of timing, but mine’s an L69, which is the pinnacle of the carbed 305s in terms of the specs. I know the TBI ones weren’t that special, but I don’t know about the TPI ones. The truck LE9 comes in second place. If mine was geared better, and I went ahead and did better exhaust and stripped more of the emissions stuff than I already have, it’d be good. I like it. For a daily driver that you need some economy in, the 305 beats every other SBC. It’ll get an average of 23 mpg on the highway. More if you play nicer, less if you don’t. I much prefer a 350, but a good 305 doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets. The LG4 was a piece of crap, but that’s the one they used in non-performance RWD car setups, and it was only because they choked it down so much with garbage heads, anemic exhaust, and emissions. I like both with the understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. In mutual stock forms, those differences are less prevalent.
