Long time coming, but I'm building a little bracket car

boosted said

You don't have to have a stroker motor at all.. A .030 over 440 with some -1's a good roller cam will do just fine... There is a 68 all metal bcuda fast back on RJ with this setup weighing in at 3300lbs that runs 9.98@ 134 that I almost bought...

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I'm also a fan of the big block, but I acknowledge you don't need to have one to go fast. I was replying to z_daddy's post asserting that he needs a .040 over 440. Plenty of small block combos can run the number he's after...stroker or not.

I just showed that video because that Dart is an excellent example of a simple combo that runs damn hard. And with the OP's situation we're talking about an early A-body, so I would think a small block is preferred over a big block, unless he wants to gut the front end for header clearance.

Besides...if you read the thread you'll see that he has tons of small block parts and already has a 408 short block assembled. If he didn't already have all this stuff I would also be in the BB camp, but as it stands this is a no-brainer...