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briand · 02-05-2003, 01:01 PM

nismo280, it seems like you know exactly what you want which is real good. if you do a little of the work your self you can save a little money and build a better block at the same time. you can go to a website like d&s and get a short block that is balanced & blueprinted for around $1300 or so, it also has forged pistons which gives you a better performance future, which the motorsport does not. you can go get really any aluminum head of your choice (gt-40's, edelbrock, ....) for about $1200.00. get your emission legal cam, intake, 65mm tb, 75 mm mass air, and you will have yourself a nice package. don't forget to go with some equal length headers, good cat h-pipe, and any cat-back system.

gears are also a must for your car, as is some nice street pulleys, and maybe an electric fan to get some more hp. i have basically everything i stated here (check my sig) and after approx 201,000 miles of not so easy miles, my car still runs strong and never lets me down.

for your senario i wouldn't buy a stroker block, if you are just looking for a strong runner that can pass emissions stay with a stock set-up block. no matter what people say on average the typical stroker block will not last as long as a base block. they are not inteded to. and if you want to go with more cubic inches, do it right and just go get a 351. good luck man

02-05-2003, 01:01 PM	#5
briand Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Jackson, LA Posts: 264	nismo280, it seems like you know exactly what you want which is real good. if you do a little of the work your self you can save a little money and build a better block at the same time. you can go to a website like d&s and get a short block that is balanced & blueprinted for around $1300 or so, it also has forged pistons which gives you a better performance future, which the motorsport does not. you can go get really any aluminum head of your choice (gt-40's, edelbrock, ....) for about $1200.00. get your emission legal cam, intake, 65mm tb, 75 mm mass air, and you will have yourself a nice package. don't forget to go with some equal length headers, good cat h-pipe, and any cat-back system. gears are also a must for your car, as is some nice street pulleys, and maybe an electric fan to get some more hp. i have basically everything i stated here (check my sig) and after approx 201,000 miles of not so easy miles, my car still runs strong and never lets me down. for your senario i wouldn't buy a stroker block, if you are just looking for a strong runner that can pass emissions stay with a stock set-up block. no matter what people say on average the typical stroker block will not last as long as a base block. they are not inteded to. and if you want to go with more cubic inches, do it right and just go get a 351. good luck man __________________ GT-40X heads(58cc), Cobra upper and lower, 75 mm Bullet, Moroso fenderwell induction, FRPP 65mm TB, 24# injectors, black magic electric fan, phenolic spacer, 1.7 crane cobra roller rockers, crane 2031, BBK 1 5/8 equal length hearders, 2.5 inch off road pipe, 2.5 flowmaster catback, FMS 3.55 gears, T5-Z transmission, FRPP aluminum driveshaft, svo heavy duty clutch, mcleod bullet proff bellhousing, BBK adjustable cluth quadrant, hurst billet shifter, lakewood subframes, BBK strut tower brace, BBK 2pt lower cross bar, FMS 190 lph fuel pump, crane ps91 coil, FMS street pulleys, and 300+ race wires. All thanks goes to my wife sheri, jason, jeff, robby, my dad and all others you helped contribute. most importantly GOD!!!