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yes money is a factor but when you can buy a dart short block and put a pair of dart heads on it between $7000-$9000 with decent size with lots of power this motor would be going in a 2500 pound streetrod but if the car was ever sold it still would provide enough power for a hevy car or truck I thought 600-700 horse sounded cool what started all this was an ad for a new 598" dart short block for $4700 all I could think was the power and cost compared to what I was able to do with my stock 2-bolt as stated earlier Im just curious

well i can tell you the stock bbc has been used in many builds and not just buy me i can get all the dart stuff and used alot of it .but i like building the stock stuff with a 4.250 or 4.375 just for fun . when you get past $5000. in head casting and just valves . get past 4500 just for a bare alum block some of the fun wears off i machined built many hi 500s to 632 bbc just more money the 589 is really nothing new you can put a 4.500 crank in a stock 9.800 GM block if you want to as for street rods i sold my 548 14to8 748 solid roller street engine to a guy with a 2500. street rod i put it in for him car was more then one hand full