I guess it all depends on whether you want to run a chebbie the same as everyone else, or actually run a good engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seems eventually people would get tired of seeing Deuces and red Camaro's all powered by the 350/350 combo. Since the 5.0 Mustangs hit the market, can build a Ford for the same money and the price on a lot of the other engine's performance parts are more in line with the price of the chebbie parts. But hey, if having a car just like everybody else's is what trips your trigger, then build away on your sbc.....

I've had my flathead powered street rod, so I don't have to bother with another. For all the expense and grief chasing parts, IMO they're just not worth the effort for a measly 100 horsepower...