Okay what i'm looking for is simple answers nothing complicated. The engine is going to be used for street, no 1/4 or 1/8 mile runs maybe a few light to light incidents but that's it. rpm use probably won't go over 5500 okay maybe once or twice a year but only if pushed. I've worked on a few passenger BBC's so this truck engine is something new for me. I have read a lot of the threads here and it seems there's a thousand opinions and ways to handle this 427T. One thing i do not want to use is truck pistons i either wanna use regular 427 pistons or 454 pistons that could provide me a compression ratio of 8.3 to 9.3 no higher. I am going to use the large oval port open chamber 107cc aluminum heads that been collecting dust forever in the garage. So what i need to know is what crank and piston rod set up do i need so i can be able to use regular pistons. I have at the moment 3 forged 427 cranks in the garage i also have 2 sets of standard 6.135 forged h-beams. So if i gotta start trading stuff out or selling to get other cranks and piston rod lengths i don't think i'll have a problem.
In other words i'm looking to stroke the engine out but i'm searching for a set up that wont be much of a hassle not only to build but won't have internal rotating problems as far as clearence and have a smooth running feeling. I already have a camshaft which is a Hydraulic Roller Tappet at an advertised Duration 300/ 306, Lift .560/ .580 it is off one of my other BBC but i don't actually know if i can use it. I don't have a intake manifold but i will probably just get a regular performance dual plane one and get spacers for it and have the spacer holes grind to match the intake ports. Another question would be the distributor what to do with that. Headers no problem. The engine is going into a 50 Merc plenty of room in the cabin it has a 1972 camaro front clip welded to the chassis.