Big Inch Small Block

Not sure what the Ritter weighs, but unless you machine a bunch of weight out of the R block it is 40 lbs? more than a stock LA.
What real difference does it make? Your not going to make 900 plus HP with a stock big block either.....they fail way more often than a small block in a stock platform so if you don't make big power stay with a stock block and if you do make big power you step up to a race block which is heavier for the obvious reasons as to why they survive.