SB or BB, seriously guys...

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Brandon - interesting. Car is titled as new, but emissions are for a 72. Makes perfect sense, but this is now getting more complex than originally anticipated. If only I didn't want one...

Bandit - it's my understanding that SPF do in fact install, but don't build. While at Superformance South many moons ago, Doug Reed had two brand spanking new engines sitting on the shop floor waiting to be installed. Another looked like it was in the process of being installed. In their collateral and on their websites (e.g. olthoff-racing.com), the dealers promote certain engines (351 crate, 351 custom, 351 stroked to 396 and two 460s). As you state, I'm sure others can be built/installed upon request. I was just assuming that it'd be easiest / safest / cheapest to go with one of their 'standard' packages, but I could of course be wrong.

So let me instead ask this question: is there such a thing as a reliable, powerful big block that doesn't overheat and offers comparable or better performance and fuel consumption vs. a new 460? I ask this question out of pure ignorance.

And secondly who builds & installs the best darn engines in all the land (that'd be Texas - preferably near Houston), and backs them up with a warranty too...