Quote Originally Posted by nfswift
Yes, familar with both stroking and destroking SBCs.

I am starting on a standard bore/stroke and working with bolt-ons for the sake of educating myself.

350RWHP is pretty much achievable without doing anything drastic I'd imagine?

As for the tranny, all I know is it is the "turbo" 4 speed trans that came with a 5.7L Chevy G30 work van with a 1 tonne (I THINK) 12 bolt posi rear end. Like I said, still gotta find out the gearing and the rest of the block info, havn't cracked open the valve covers yet. There are NO numbers cast on the exterior?

I am trying to get this build done reliably, but also on the cheap, and preferably without altering the short-block at all.

Financially there is a very big difference between a properly done 383 build and just beefing up a 350 with bolt-ons and some new internals. But would you say pushing the 5.7L to 350RWHP N/A is practical on less than a large budget? 3-3.5 thousand tops?
Yes,3.0 to 3.5.
$3,500 will get you a 450 hp 350 easily.
The long block anyway.