Some advice

Yes, all good points. He really wants something that has a good amount of power, sounds good, and will spin a set of 245's at will (pretty vague, I know). But if the cost is pretty much the same, more cubes makes more sense.

Btw, when I said 360 heads I was thinking 360 Magnum heads. But with that I know it would need a magnum bolt pattern intake, and to oil through the pushrods to feed the valvetrain..