I really appreciate all the advice and knowledge out there, if it wasn't for you guys, us begginers wouldn't know where to start. I pulled this 327 sb out of an 65 Impala, and yes I would like to put it in my 55 chevy p/u. I'v heard alot neat things a 327 can do, something about the crank in it. The reason why a 327 is my dad had one in his truck, it came out of a 65 or 64 vette, he had 202 camel hump heads don't know what cam but it had a radical idle especially when he uncapped his headers. He also had a possy track rearend, with a 4-speed munci, the engine was blueprinted and balanced. My father has passed away, and the truck will stay in arizona with the family. I liked to build my own hotrod similar or better. I want my engine to have a radical lope or idle I want to be able to slam those gears down a 3 quarter mile like my father did ( the first time he showed me how to drive that hotrod truck, it scared me, I was 16yrs old in highe school, I learned the respect for speed.) I would like to have a mean engine but also run a/c in it , cruise it around town, take it to car/truck shows, I don't ever think I'll be racing on a race track, maybe down main street light to light or out on that old high way, like we used to do it in high school. The engine doesn't have to be exactly like a vette engine, I just thought vette engines were the best, growing up with my dad and his red 55 chevy, to me his truck could beat anyone truck or car. So if any one of you hotroders can relate, please help me out on building an engine with 375 hp or more that can run A/C and not get hot, due to being here in NM, everything heats up, I would appreciate it.