With a big hemi I would think setting the motor back another inch (or as far back as possible) would help more than saving 10 pounds.

With the snoutbars, I'll certainly agree with Monte on the Properly designed and installed part (and that it's not 1974, lol) The problem is that a fair number of the "test & tune" (Not certifired class race) cars out there are 'hack jobs' and NOT PROPERLY designed...not by a LONG SHOT

I only pointed out the SRD car because for 74 it was light years ahead of what was out there (was was one of the first race cars to use Computer aided design and structural analysis) and it was still somewhat relevant to most of the non Front Clipped Moparts cars out there. On an E body with it's long hood and overhang, I wouldn't immediately dismiss the support the inner fenders provide to supporting the rest of the front body structure, support that can go away nearly entirely with Snout bars.