FastOrange
OBSless
From a nostalgic perspective, among others, I have a tendency to severely disagree with your assertion, including the inclusion of the 454 into this "nothing super special" category.
Why? its just a Big block, nothing special, have four of them downstairs, Ones i consider special are 427, LS6, LS5, etc. but a 396/402 in a pickup was nothing special, my dad has one that has a comp cam and some goodies in his camaro, not really any more fun then the mild 350 in my truck. :dunno:
Back when he had his 427 in there, different story.