[DanEC]

Originally Posted by diverrick

So for normal folks like me a simple CO would work.

That brings up the other dreaded quwation, that I am sure has been beat to death here before. Big block or small?
I can see the less weight with the SB, better handling, and the new motors are putting out at least what the big blocks were putting out, so other than the very cool sound and bragging rights, Not many reasons to go with the big block from what I am seeing..

The FE is actually not a heavy motor. The cast intake weights a lot but that is easiy dealt with with an aluminum intake. Add aluminum heads and it's a pretty much in the same range as an all iron small block. The aluminum block versions shave more weight off of that. The 429/460 series is another deal - they do cart around significantly more weight. It pretty much falls to personal preference over what you are trying to do with your project.