Jay,
1000 just sounds better than 970 to me.
I know the 970 gives you the option to go 1 size larger just by boring without any major undertakings such as building new cylinders (but thats only if you need to) for a second time. But since I'm only fulfilling an older guy's fantasy and I'm not doing hard core drag racing or putting 50,000 miles on one of these big engines it's not likely I'm going to need to go up in size.
Jerry
PS Mods - Looks like another sticky to go with the Rods sticky
PPS - Jay, I hope you are doing both, having fun reliving something that was important to you and making a few bucks - THANKS!! It's good to have you back.