Leave it stock OR.........

[mark25]

i can't decide whether or not to leave everything 100% stock under the hood on my SBC to BBC conversion or not. i have every stock piece for the big block and all has been powdercoated to a nice gloss black. i currently have a cowl induction hood, so i was contemplating dressing the motor out like one in an SS car with the chrome valve covers and the open element chrome air cleaner. i have a stock hood to go back on it, but can't make up my mind on what to do. where i live there aren't many if any trucks that have been left stock under the hood. when the small block was in there, i always got compliments at cruise nights and car shows for leaving everything stock so people knew how they looked from the factory. hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm......what to do???????