Smokedawg, based on the information in your signature, I'd say a 302 would be making at least 350hp, if you are making 440hp, that'd be a 90hp advantage. The 331 or course wouldn't make much more than 50hp more N/A over the 302 if the 347 is only giving you 90hp. I'm sure what
Skyman is saying is that the 331-347 will only give 50hp over a 302 in a light modded equal configuration. IE: GT-40 302 vs GT-40 347. Course, I don't pay any attention to strokers, I can't afford them,
I wouldn't be likely to buy one based on reliability issues.
So I'm certainly no master on that subject.
I do know the more mods you make, the more the 347 is going to benefit over the 302, but it will never be as reliable as the 302, and you shouldn't add forced induction to a 347. The 331 and lower strokers can be put on the squeeze though.
As far as your combo costing $3k, I have no idea, if the heads are irons for sure, if they are aluminum it's harder to compute, obviously with new units most people would be riding over the 3k pretty decent, but whatever. You're right about Sky missing the fact that your tranny was a freebie though, oh well, everybody makes an error sometimes. Gasp, shock, horror, even the almighty
Unit 5302. No, no, don't try and stop me, I can admit it, even I can sometimes, rarely, possibly make an error.
I'll have to say
Skyman has been researching combos for a good minute and he's been a very productive member of this board, to have him flamed by a new member is kinda hard to ignore.