Engine decision...

[yody]

yes, eventually I will be going with EFI on my BBC so i can put the formula hood back on(did you hear my video clip?) I would either go super radical stroked small block with an 18 degree valvetrain and a sheetmetal intake EFI, or go with an all aluminum BBC or Iron. I would build a 540 based off a Dart block or a GM502 block. you use a 502 bore of 4.500 and a stroker crank of 4.25 and you get a monster 540 that you can get 700 horse easy and still have street manners. Put my cam in a 540 and you will have a pretty tame idle and good vacuum and awesome street manners with a great torque curve. Definetly DON"T do a GM572 motor, they are expensive/talldeck/and not the ideal stroke/bore. Supposedly the high stroke creates lots of harmonics. Those motors (at least to me) are for showing off. iF you want a crate motor look to Sharifoff, they build some pretty good motors. YOu could put together a killer iron 540 for about $7000 long block. Solid roller would be the way to go, but not 100% streetable, a solid flat tappet goes a long way, hydrorollers are a no-no on a bbc, unless redline is 5,500rpm. Although a crazy small block, like what was originally built for the mule would be pretty cool!