[Slick61]

meh... here's MY 2 cents... incorporate all the options & get an aluminum 427 Windsor stroker! Awesome power, very light weight, room to work on it, & good air circulation in the engine compartment. If you're putting it in a Backdraft, heat should not be much of an issue, as the body & cockpit are glassed together & seals very well. I notice more heat wafting up from the sidepipes at stoplights than I do in the footwells. With the right cam & exhaust, it'll sound as nasty as a big block, but weigh in at, or less than a small block. Every engine will sound somewhat different, depending on how it's set up. No matter what setup you go with, you'll probably always want to tinker with it.