I didn't read the whole previous thread, but this is a good starting point here from viperblue72:

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A stock stroke 440 with stock steel crank, stock (w/arp bolts)rods or new h-beams, and a flat top forged piston close to 0 deck. You'll want a piston with 2.05-2.067 compression height.
Trick Flow cylinder heads,
Any nice hydraulic, or hydraulic roller with anywhere from 230-245 duration and .550 valve lift is gonna get you 525-550 horsepower with tons of torque. `And you will live happily ever after.


You're building primarily a street car and this has a wide margin of error to work with. As already stated you're not going to go wrong using the above as a starting point.

To answer some of your questions I saw from this thread: if it were me I would the 1 7/8" headers and 3" exhaust. The 2.5" exhaust on my car killed 30 wheel horse power on the dyno.

Use the Trick Flow heads. This is probably my only regret with my build. The Eddies are just about the same price and are an inferior head.


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