Sounds to me like your motor guy is a belly button builder (small block)
I have a friend that builds high end race motors and he tried to talk me out of building my 235. After a while he admitted that he likes to build what he does best, and that is mega horse power small blocks.
I do not blame him for that, but I wonder if he would have admitted it to a customer that he did not know very well, or would he have made an excuse.
Jim
