Originally posted by RJ & CJ
Chevy motor in a Ford does'nt bother us. Seems as though the Chev parts are more frequent and cheaper, which is what we like

And we wouldn't really be doing away with much of the machine work I don't think. It's not like this motor is a precision machined beast. I could be wrong though.
I doubt you would have to cut the deck or line hone it or anything but pressing the pins in and out of the pistions could be considered machine work, also rebalancing the rotating assembly is a must if your gonna race it, and then you got to pull the crank to do that, and then after that, your back with your plastigauge, lining everything back up, and getting the clearences right, shure theres machine work and assembly. start with a bare block and build a 383 stroker.