If you have a need to make sense you're in the wrong place.
It used to be that we did the best we could with what we had. Now it's one size/engine fits all. Your AMC will cost you more and make less power than a SBC but it will turn more heads and give you a greater feeling of pride. What will in be in? How often will you be able to drive faster than the 199 will go? Being different just to be different usually isn't a good idea, but building a different engine because you want to see what you can do is not the same thing. Somewhere on this site is a thread about a Rambler race engine.
