The Blueprint 408 is popular with this crowd here on CB and this crowd is quite the test bed. If normal people can kill an engine in 10 years with 250,000 miles on it, these yahoo's will do it in 5 years with 50,000 miles on it.
Some of these guys really walk the walk, if ya know what I mean?
They actually rock crawl and desert race, and mud drag. Real McCoys here.
The other side of it is the Hot Rod community seems to like Blueprint, sort of finicky crowd that doesn't like new comers, they are another crowd that really beats on their cars at the drag strip. High praise from that crowd.
But again Blue print has high dollar "and" budget friendly builds.
The 408 is a way to get maximum practical cubic inches in a sbf. Blueprint allows you to pick a cam and valve train that will promote low end torque. This is really important as most crate engines hang their hat on high rpm horsepower. But in an eb you want good torque down low on the tac.
My Windsor (sbf) is built for low end torque. Its pretty much done making power by 4500 rpm or less.
Low rpm high torque engines are more usable, more fun and more tractable in a short little eb.
Off road torque is king. It is fun.
Torque is what pushes you back in the seat.
The 408 is my next build. Sort of looking for an excuse.