[Joe's Garage]

I see a lot of posts bringing in the smaller SBFs as the comparison between SB and BB, recently a 302cid. If you want to compare apples to apples then a 427 FE should be compared to a 427w, just sayin'.

Power wise, both can make more than you will ever need, 750hp crates available for both if you want to go nuts and you have the $$. The difference is where that power shows up, BB gets the power sooner and tops out sooner, SB later on both - just google dyno charts for the 427 variants.

The guy who thinks his mildly tuned SBF represents the power of the marque is naive, both SB and BB can be anemic - it's the specifics of the build that determines the power.