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Originally Posted by ho428

Building a 4.0 x 3.0 Pontiac, short deck, is a custom one off engine. Also, getting over 2 hp per cu in from said engine is trial and error. Running 8000 rpm for an hour several times a weekend is another unknown.
If lightweight short deck blocks were readily available, 3" strk cranks, perhaps with smaller mains, intakes and headers, maybe, but none of that is off the shelf.
It can all be done, but a sbc is basically orderable from multiple sources.

Not trying to detour Curt's thread, but I understand the swimming against the tide, after awhile it becomes futile.

301t block?