big block or small block

roccodart440 said
You aren't going low 11's or 10's with a small block for cheap, especially in a street car. Nothing is cheap today. To rebuild an engine isn't cheap, and crate engines that put out enough to send a 3,400lbs car and driver low 11's or 10's aren't cheap either. Maybe the definition of cheap varies.

i ran 11.82 in my 340 back in the 1970’s and I knew basically nothing. Junk H or X heads and a solid cam I grabbed off a store shelf. Knowing what I know now with those pieces and a better converter it would have been 11.50’s. With the parts available now low 11’s would be a cakewalk.