hello i am new at the hole car thing however i would like to build a chevy 350. I am not a total retard mechanicly however i have never built an engine and would like to do so. i was wondering if any of you could recomend a good book or manuel to help me on my way. I am going to build this engine from the block up goin to the junk yard tomarow to pick up a block and then to the machine shop to get it bore out .030 over. after that i have almost no idea what i am doing.

thanks please help.

ps. i would like to get the as much power out of this engine as possible which im sure is usless to say isent that what we are all after.