I doubt there are many of us on this board who even REMEMBER this motor, much less having built one.

For those of you who don't know, this was the bread and butter V8 that was original equipment in the '55 and '56 Chevy. Dimensions were 3.750 x 3.00, so you might think of it as a de-stroked 305 (3.736 x 3.48).

I can remember like it was yesterday when I first encountered a cammed-up 265. It was a '56 with a 30-30 Duntov cam and idled like you were saying potato-potato-potato-potato. Funny, like I said, I was 14 and remember it vividly.

I doubt if you'll find anyone who seriously wants to build one unless it is for a numbers-matching restoration.