[Bruce Edwards]

How about the fact you do not have to worry about getting Snake Bit in a small block car. You can drive it and enjoy yourself with out the worry of what the car may do when you step on it to pass slow traffic.
Don't get me wrong I really like the full blown power of a big block car however it does start to wear on one's nerves after a bit. The first 1/2 hour is a blast but with all the traffic in most large cities you do not really have the chance to use all that power under the hood. Forget getting stuck in traffic and dealing with the hot now not happy engine till it cools back down.
The small engine cars are just plan fun and if you run the numbers are now pulling about the same power as the old 427's without the front end dive under hard braking like the big blocks.
Yes for straight line runs the new built big blocks will out run a small block but try to get me on a nice twisty road and you will feel the difference in the way the car responds.
Just my view.