Small block to big block (FE)???

[RACER X #99]

Allan,
Just like everybody here on this board I was a nubie and a first time Cobra owner. And just like most here I too just had to have a 427 SO, so that was my first engine. Like a lot of guys I grew tired of the car show scene and after my first experience at open tracking I was hooked. I put a couple of thousand miles on the track with my 427, and admittedly it was a bone stock medium rise 427. it sure was a lot of fun. Unfortunately for me the 427 did not hold up to the rigors of 7,000rpm shifts. and a rebuild was in store. My pro engine builder told me this engine is too old and to valuable to be beating up on the track and he convinced me to sell it. It now resides in a CSX street car.
After reading about Bondurants opinions on the 351 Windsor I bought a 385 HP crate engine from Ford and again started open tracking. I have to tell you and this is what you asked, the car just felt better on the track. It was in all honesty not able to accellerate as fast as the BB but it does corner better and stop better.

I have since upgraded to a Dart 408 and have yet to find a 427 that can keep up with me.(not even Dick Smith at VIR last year.)

So unlike so many others who only have experience with just Big Blocks or small blocks, I have thousands of track miles with both in the same car.

No facts here just an honest opinion.

RD