AJ's Opinion; what size SBM do I need

318willrun said

'92 5.2 had more HP/TQ than the '92 5.0. Weight, gearing all equal, the 5.2 wins.

Mopar guy throws the 5.2 in the sea. Ford guy builds the 5.0 and goes 11's on the street. Ford guy wins round 2 (see round 1 in post 64)

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I'm not unfamiliar with small displacement engines, I built the 30 over 289 for my 64 Fairlane, it made 455hp and 445 ftlbs of torque NA. Now I could have bought a 362 from Ford that makes 500hp for less money than I have in the 289 but in would not have been a 289. So I understand a loyalty to one particular engine, the car was a 289 so I built the same, but if I was just building a mild to stock daily driver I'd build a 360.