My advice, FWIW, would be to start with a Magnum if that's an option. Their heads are better to begin with, so if you need to stick with iron heads to start, it's a smaller handicap. As well, it gets you the option of roller cam without a fancy (read: expensive) conversion piece.

If Eddy Magnum heads fit in the budget, I'd do it. Not sure who's got the best bang-for-buck stroker kits these days, but I'd also recommend getting one that was internally balanced. Less hassle in the grand scheme of things.

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