As said it all depends on what you want to do with it. A stroked small block is dynamite in a small package with plenty of power for the street. It also puts less weight on the front end and leaves more room in the engine bay for easier access to stuff (the headers were a joke to drop into our small-block E-body) not to mention more room in the engine bay equals more air-circulation for cooling.
Now for a drag-only car I would go big block.

I totally agree with you guys, I was planning on driving it with the 318 till I could get all the parts together.
I wanted to get an idea of the advantages and disadvantages between the two.
And it seems that everything needs to be upgrade for either one so the cost is manly in the build.
Now I have heard the 440 can affect the handling is this true? Now I’m not planning on smashing thought turns constantly but l don’t want something that I have to fight to have fun on winding roads.
And thanks for the compliments on the car. She has a long road ahead of her to look as good as some of your guys cars but I’ll get her there.

Good morning Johnny V, welcome to the Board!
I'll jusst comment on the handling - you'll want to stiffen the torsion bars to at least factory specs for a BB if you go that route. If you like a tighter feel, add a front sway bar.

Other than that a BB basically handles as well as the SB in stock form. They will 'feel'different though. I drove a B-body with SB for 10 years before buying another of the same model,but with a factory BB. The BB definitely understeered more,but the more I drove it,the more I got used to the way the weight feels (Again, both cars are factory stock front-ends) and now I consider them equal in handling. But the feel of the SB is def lighter. Others may have a different opinion.

I am currently building another BB B-body more as a road car and will put a front sway bar in it, probably a thin rear swaybar too from Firm Feel.

Thanks for the interesting thread!
-Art

The 741 is greatly underestimated. I have run them behind 440's in A-bodies and B-bodies. My 67 Belvedere ran a .040 over, 10-1, 440, 452 heads with a mild bowl porting, M.P. 280 degree .474 lift cam, Weiand Action Plus intake, HP exhaust manifolds, and a 2800 stall convertor. With that small cam it had an abundance of torque. Ran 12.95 at 108 mph. 3.91 Sure-grip with 245/60-15 tires. Ran it hard at the track and on the street. Never a problem with the 741. Might have been different had I run slicks at the strip. It's STILL better than a 9 inch Ford!