[cobrashoch]

Byron/All - My 545 weighed 545lbs minnus the super, but with a carb, bonnet, alt. and starter. I most reciently replied back to a Chevy sorta guy about this on this site and I think he thought that I just made things up, together with some block weights that I put into that thread. Yes, you are dead on with your weight assessments and your power assessments. I just put a rebuilt all iron 351W in my sons pickup truck that weighed 655lbs with all accessorys, and they gave it 230 horsepower. Hmmmmmm.
Another thing I can't seem to get through to these guys is the fact that aftermarket 385 aluminum blocks ALL, I repeat ALL, weigh more than most factory production blocks - and that includes the heavyweight D0VE blocks. I hear that there was some lightweight blocks made in the 80's for Glidden, but I haven't seen any either.
I've been looking over a late FI block with longer bore skirts lately.
I have one that weighs 183lbs that hasn't been cut on. With copious use of a grinder and using a esoteric parts selection process my bet is I could build a 385 using that block to come in at around 450lbs complete I'd bet. So much for the weight argument between big/small blocks. Plus such a carburated engine could be built fairly cheap too.
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