Build off!!!

[Low84]

Long story short, my younger brother challenged me to a build off. Me being the eldest, I got too much pride to lose this. We have a race scheduled for sometime in May of '09. I got roughly a $4,500 budget a little more but everyone knows the little things add up. Anyway he just turned a 14.7 1/4 @96 last night with a tired, bolt on 305. I know he is swapping out to a 350 and adding a cam, I'm thinking he might dip into the high 13's at best......I just remembered he also has nitrous already installed although he's never used it. I know he has weight and aerodynamics on his side but I got you guys on mine.......shameless flattery LOL!

Anyway spent a little over 3hrs yesterday planning things out and was going with a basically stock internals 355, dart heads, blower cam from Summit, and a small Weiand 142 blower to be ran at 6psi. The engine alone was totaling $1700 so about twice that with the blower factored in.

Well, I received a call from a friend of mine, stating his friend is selling his 454 with a built transmission (he didn't know what it was, guessing a 400) off his 80's c10 for $1500. I heard the truck is somewhere in the 14's. It's very tempting but I know big blocks are A LOT more expensive than small blocks, and the fact that the big block is used concerns me.

What do STOCK or near stock, 454's run in the 1/4? If anybody has any suggestions be it on the blown 355, the 454, or any other combination you might have, please post up. I'm open to all ideas right now, as long as they have a carburetor in them.