You got that right. And you don't need as many cubes to get it done. Less rotational mass = more power output from fewer cubes.

 

This is an old old post, but still holds true today, except our FE weighs less than some small blocks.
Aluminum block, heads, intake, all help.
It is a fact that with turbo's , some small blocks are making over 2,000 hp. More than our FE's can safely handle.
BUT I still prefer the FE over the 460 or small blocks just for the cool factor.
With 511ci. it could be argued that the 460 is a small block.... lol...

 

Which is why I prefer multiple carb setups...………………. A single four is just...……….ho-hum...…………..Only exception would be a Boss 302. Still love to build one based on a 4.125 bore aftermarket block, but I'm getting old and have a large land purchase to retire on, looming in my immediate future.

 

Just remember, large land creates large amount of time to keep it up. When we retired back in 1999 we purchased a 100 acre ranch that kept me busy from morning to night. Always something that needed attention. We sold the ranch and have a two acre parcel that sometimes is more than I want to maintain.
It is a great experience to own a ranch, and is most guy's dream at one point or another in our lives.
Enjoy....
Ohhhh..... by the way,,, One carb with nitrous equals better times at the drag strip "most of the time".

 

This is 39 acres that's wooded. Gonna selective cut 30 of it. 9 acres is a creek bottom that's never been touched with some huge pines and Beech trees Gonna leave it as is. Gonna build on the 30 acres after logging's done. Gave up on the local drag strip. 6 hrs to make 3 passes ain't worth my time, 'specially after driving an hour each way to get there.

 

I think it is in our soul to want some land to call our own. I hope it works out for you.
It is going to be 109 degrees this weekend, and this old guy is not going to the drag strip when it gets that warm.

 

I love the sound of a high winding small block, especially after it passes 8000 rpm, but I also love the looks of a triple carbed FE, major wow factor.
I'm pass the racing stage, now I just want to cruise. WITH old school racing power.

Sold my last semi in 05 and got back into farming a little, nothing big just a few cows and some chickens, retired from driving in 08 and farm full time now.
Today we're operating a 120 head cow/calf operation on 350 acres plus 96,000 chickens, the wife and I talked about cutting back some so I contracted another 60 acres of hay ground for next year.
I'm thinking maybe I did that wrong, I retired to have time to work on some of my projects, now I have even less time to work on them

 

Quite a few years back before the crash I did seriously consider some forested land in Vermont so I would not have a "need to work the land", just the garden that was near the house.
A few ducks and chickens mostly for eggs in the summer, meat in the fall.
Maybe a few Spanish goats and Soay sheep.

 

I have a 1975 F-100 4X4 w/NP435, 4.10, with 416 CI, basically stock with exception of a Crane cam. I run 2" duals through the largest glass pack mufflers I could find online at the time. Tailpipes exit the rear and it sounds sweet. I live near the dunes so there are plenty of lifted, high horsepower 4X4's everywhere. I still get a boat load of guys wanting to see what I'm running whenever I stop. It all depends on what your looking to do with your truck. Mine is just a cruiser, wouldn't have went any other way.

 

The only replacement for cubic inches is cubic dollars and nothing out runs cubic dollars. He who has the most cubic dollars will win!!!

 

But only if "he" knows what to choose in parts, how to assemble those parts and knows how to drive. I've beaten many just by out driving them.

 

you have enough cubic dollars you don't need to know anything about motors just let the machinist do all the work and you just drive. AJ Foyt.

 

Like I said, I've beaten many who had the dollars but didn't know how to apply it to the road.

 

Had a 1970 mustang convertible with a 302 and C4 and nothing more than a 4 barrel and headers, blew away a guy with a brand new modern EFI 5.0 that was putting out a hell of a lot more power than I was just because he was short shifting right as the power was about to come on!