Sb/bb?

Ok, I made a call to a junk yard about a 360. The guy said that they have a few, may have some all ready pulled, he said for one that needs a rebuild, apparently complete motor for $125. So.... I can get a rebuilt 440 for $500 from the guy who i got my Charger from. Course, if I got that 440, it would go in the Charger though, so..... But he's also got that 400, but I have no idea what condition the block is in, it's sat out in the weather for I don't know how many years, and the heads appear to be shot, but it's a '76 truck motor that had/has a manual behind it. Then there's the 383 that's in the Charger now that's pretty much going to get replaced one way or another....
But I'm still undecided about the SB/BB issue with the Duster. Each has it's ups and downs. This car will go to the strip every once in a while, but more than likely will be more street than anything.
I'm thinking of taking the car over to the local land fill..... yeah yeah yeah, I know.... I'm not droping the car off, so relax... They have a big in ground scale to weigh in incoming shipments of trash.... Anyway, I'm thinking about possibly talking the operator, older lady, into letting my, and a buddy to make things faster, push the Duster off a trailer and onto the scale and see what it's curent weight is, minus the parts that are just sitting in it....
The reason I kind of need to make a desicion is so I know what to look into as far as suspension. With the BB, it has got to be heavier duty b/c of the extra weight, course, when you hammer it, it's not really all that heavy then, esp when it's tying to pick the car up, lol. Then the SB doesn't weigh as much, but I've seen some really nice SB strokers. Now, BB you can get the weight down with things like aluminum heads/intake, ect... But, if you put the same stuff (as far as aluminum parts) on a SB, you can get the same results. Now on the other hand, I know a lot more about BB than SB. Every Mopar, except for the Dakota I had, has been BB cars, or, in the Dusters case, no motor at all.....
My '69 Charger R/T had a 440, it's twin the R/T SE had a 440 (both cars gone now :sad9:), and my current '72 Charger SE with 383.... Now, here's the thing, I like the rumble of the BB. I like the torque of the BB. Some people seem to respect a BB a little more, but different people, different opinions. Now, power to weight ratios play a factor, and that's one point I'm getting at. In a smaller car, a SB would seem to do a little different, but I've seen 440 Dusters run, and man.... But I've seen SB strokers run, and man at them too.... Jeeze, desicions desicions..... :twisted:
If I can build a SB stroker cheaper than a BB, then I may go that route, after all, my second goal for this car was to sell it b/c I dropped my original goal, which was to stuff one mean big BB stroker in it, cut the back, tub and 4 link it, ect. It was going to be a strip only car, heck the guy I got the car from didn't even know the year of it, but when I read the vin, I saw the 0, and said it was a '70 and not a '72, or did he say '73/'74, I can't remember.... I'm not planning on cutting the car, except to fix the rust areas like around the wheel well. I want to replace the hood and possibly put a six pack style hood on it, can be a fiberglass piece. The K member will more than likely be upgraded to a tubular design for better handling and such. I like the one Magnumforce carries, but that will also have to come a little later on, like after the body work. I will probably run a fuel cell, I don't know for sure right now though, along with electric fuel pump, and stainless braided hoses, ect. Brakes, front minimum 4 piston, 6 max. Ect ect ect. But back to this topic thread, BB/SB, yet undecided, still trying to weigh out the different stuff between them as far as weight, power, price, ect.