Well heres a comparison too.
73 nova, 396 bored 040 over 12 to 1 compression, 305 magnum hydralic camshaft, small closed chamber oval port heads, 750 double pumper single plane intake. The car ran decent numbers for a heavy car footbraking 7.0's 1/8 this motor had been in this car for 12 plus years with many bottles of nitrous run thru it by the previous owner. Well it finally slung a (stock) rod out one night at the track.
I had been building a smallblock as a replace motor because I knew it wasn't going to be long before the motor was gonna go south and besides I was a smallblock guy before getting this car. So in goes a 350 .060 12 to 1 comp, 305 magnum camshaft and eldebrock aluminum performer rpm heads, 750 carb, single plane intake. I put the motor in the car just knowing it was gonna be faster because of the better heads it had and the fact the car was much lighter now w/ the smalley in place. WRONG, same identical numbers 7'0s 1/8. My point?
I was shifting the big iron between 4800 and 5000 rpm, it was all torque. I was winding up that smalley to 7800 and sometimes 8000 to get same times. Did the small block live 12 years? I dont know I ended up selling the car so I'll never know but I'd bet it didnt. Another comparison.
I am currently driving a heavy all steel 71 nova that has a 496 bbc, it runs 6.0's in the 1/8 shifting around 6200 to 6400 and we got maybe $3500 in this motor nothing special just a torque monster and we run with the lighter tube chassis cars with the high-reving smallblocks that are always oiling the track down when they scatter. Just my opinion but I prefer big blocks now.