Im getting ready to do a 416 build for my cuda and was wondering about everybody's thoughts on the build.

10.5:1 (not sure on which brand pistons yet)
ported 2.02 J heads
LD340 or Air gap intake (have both)
have a new comp XE268 cam but will be going bigger since it will probably be too smal for the engine
Thermoquad or 650 Double pumper (will step up to a 750 when I find one)
Forged Eagle crank and rods
hooker headers
3.23 sure-grip

Any reccomendations or improvements and thoughts on what kind of power it will make and what it will run?

I am building a 414 out of a 340 and will be useing mild ported mopar aluminum magnum heads, XE268 cam with 1.7 mopar roller rockers to help get more flow with out increasing duration. I have some crower billet I beam rods (I might sell them to get a set of SCAT I beams because they are lighter) mopar forged crank, wisco pistons. I have an eddy airgap, tourquer II, and a mopar M1 single plane to pick between and my car already has TTI headers. I have a 770 vacume secondary holley street avenger and a mess of t-quads, I will probably use a t-quad. My goal is 500 hp and tq. I need all the tq I can get because I love my 2.76 gears to much.

If you havent bought the eagle stuff I would recomend staying far away and getting SCAT stuff (personal experiance shows it is FAR better quality) and I hear from many of the profesional engine builders the K1 stuff is real nice for the $$$ also.

What cams are you guys running in your 340 strokers? I was considering maybe a Comp XE274.

'70 340 block decked and line-honed
Mopar 4" cast h.d. crank
eagle rods
Diamond flat top pistons 11.7 to 1 comp.
Lunati .533/.552 "voodoo" hyd. cam
Edelbrock 65 cc heads "slight"port work
Comp magnum roller rockers
Edelbrock Air Gap gasket matched center divider milled.
Quick fuel 850 carb.
Arp main studs
ARP head studs
full msd ignition...this combo ran consistent 11.0's @120 in my '70 "street" duster with 3.91's in the rear..