Thread: SB chevy 350 build. Have some questions

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There's nothing you can't do with your combo and your desires on this setup. Threearms kinda jumped te gun there "and in my opinion", the chastisement for something you haven't even built or considered was a touch un-warranted. Consider stroking it, cool, it builds your bottom end power. Turbo? great, builds your top end punch. The only thing that is crucial is your geometry. Stay within your boundaries with rod length and compression distance, etc. Do a bit of research online and get comfortable with what you can do and not do and then proceed forward.

I would check if what find of Connecting rod you have before you put any boost to it. If it a set of pressed powder metal rods it will not hold up to any boost or rpms. I would replace it with plder model stock rods.

Do you have a budget in mind for these mods? Horsepower costs $$$

buyer beware on the new parts listed on ebay, some of them are blems. parts that will work but may need aditional machine work to correct thier problem. go straight to jegs, summit, or local rod shop. the best bang for the buck is the scat line of parts, and as many others have said do your homework before buying parts. there are alot of do's and dont's with running a turbo and then wanting a lot of bottom and alot of top end horse power is a tricky combo. my advice is skip the turbo and save some headaches, very powerful high RPM top end, but sluggish on the bottom. but if that is the route you choose good luck!