360-383 A-debate...max builds need not apply.

The way I look at it for an 360-383 a-body debate is this way, if I only have cast iron parts that were available on 360 or 383 I'm going to lean big block. The weight penalty isn't that much if we're going iron vs iron but made up by The potential with what was given to us by ma mopar in cylinder heads, bore size & stroke favors 383 b all day. I wasn't alive back then but I've heard many stories from people who were 383 guys or on the wrong end with bigger engines of mopar & all other manufacturers, the 383 was the reason mopar sold so many muscle cars...they beat almost anything in the typical street racing scenarios. The things I would do to a 383 would just be bowl work, plug the heat crossover in the heads, and do some valve relief in the chambers then grind the heat crossover under the intake manifold off & put a bigger carb like a thermoquad & call it done. Since the max build is out of the question. I like 360s, I have a pretty hot fuel injected magnum but it belongs in my r/t dakota.