347 stroker upgrade

[flavorman]

i'm looking to upgrade my 88' 5.0 lx to a 347 stroker motor. i would appreciate some ideas on saving money on this install, and some tech tips. this will be my first engine mod. so i'm a little intimidated. thanks for the help

[blue oval 50h]

some ideas on saving money on this install

if you want to gain full potential of a 347-there is no saving money. one thing leads to another.

If your shortblock is in good shape, your better off with a heads/cam/intake.

You could go for a cast crank 347. Rotating assembly should run you $1k. Then the block would have to be notched, align honed, honed. Cost of final assembly, kit and machining would be over $2K. Then you go from there. Stock pan or aftermarket? Custom cam? Heads? Intake? Ive done, it aint cheap.

You can go 11.90's with the proper heads/cam/intake/suspension on a stock 302 shortblock.

Pat

[USMC302]

I agree totally. Get your block tested first though, something called core shift could actually have the cylinder walls become too thin when bored, lots of 302 are like this. They are sufficient for the 302 but once you start boring over it gets bad. I bought lots of stuff for this 331 project only to find out once I turned my block into the speed shop, I need a new one. I always find myself giving the excuse of, well since I've got it out I might as well....and the $$$ goes....