A buddy of mine built a stock suspension fox body with a 8.8 and a 348 sbf. It went 6.50s on motor and 5.70s on spray. Very reliable motor and a great driving car altogether. It ran a 5.95 index class for two years and was undefeated. It seems that the small block ford has really came into it's own in the past few years. At least in my neck of the woods. Parts are fairly cheap,too. That car i described was built on a stock block,an eagle rotating assy and procomp heads. A true budget car with only bolt on chassis mods and it preformed flawlessly. It was a power window/door lock car and it was a true sleeper. All the windows and door locks worked. The factory chime worked if you left the key or the headlights on and it was really handy having a working trunk light when you were heating the bottle. Full interior street car on DOT tires with an intact factory wiring harness that would cruise in traffic all day and bust out high 5' in the 1/8. As much as I love my BBC's, i cannot deny that a sbf is a great engine.