i agree 100%, if your talking about a more track minded car, but when your talking about a mostly street car and money being an issue, gotta say, big block seems to be where its at, cheaper, easier, big power. and thats a ton of fun to just drive around. I e-mail back and forth quite a bit with steve vukovich, whose small block cuda was featured in PHR, he uses a roots type blower, the motor developes some 660ish horsepower, lots of fun, but building a small block mopar, very expensive. even compared to a big block. and in mopar vs chevy vs ford world, mopar sb cars have longer strokes, rev slower, etc etc.. but i tend to see the opposite in bb cars, mopar bb cars seem faster for less than the competition. look at the engine masters challenge, the mopar wins hands down with a lot less extreme stuff... and like i said, pro-touring is street driven, some drag, some cornering, so if you go full tubular front end, to ditch the torsion, quick ratio box, nice brake upgrade, fiberglass hood.. i think you can more than justify some added weight in the front end of a bigger mopar.
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