Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
sound like a deal but it may not when you put it down on paper.. it is not . old big block parts will not fit the new engine????????and you will have to buy the rest of the parts to build it and they will not be cheap .you are better off getting a 454 mark 4 and a cast steel crank .060over and 4.250 will get you there and very easy to get parts and are some what cheap
What Pat say's here is exactly what I do would.
Go with the older block.
The older blocks will take just about anything you want to throw at it.