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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 199618" data-attributes="member: 1650">the one going into the late model is roughly a 350 chev.  after market block,  after market heads,  rods, crank, pistons, hell the heads even have different valve spacing.  ends up being over 430 inches.    but yeah,  lots of people get into ovals with a small block chev due to price.  we built a ford for a friend 20 odd years ago off a 302 with a lunati crankshaft,  got him up close to the 355 he was limited to,  but the weight savings was nearly 140 lbs over a chev and about 35 over a 351.   it was a good decently reliable engine.  Dart heads were avail and with those he could run with just about anything.   Ford had some good heads but spendy and hard to find.  I hear  you on the Hondas.   But my japanese motorcycles for the most part have not grown on me either.</blockquote>