I completely agree with the posers on these forums. In time I can usually filter through the ones that aren't taking me in the right direction. In the past 4 to 5 years i've spent my time and money building a 408w for my 80 Mercury Capri. For my info for this I found a guy who's been racing and running his drag racing business for over 40 years. He's been very helpful to so many people so I have complete confidence that he won't steer me wrong. Only thing is he is a huge ford guy so i'm not sure how partial he'll be towards chevys. So i'm not going to bother him with this build.

That is why I ask so many questions to so many people on this topic. I don't have the money or the time to be trying multiple manufacturers of heads, blocks, etc. So I look for a tried and trued combination to get me where I want to go. I don't build a bunch of performance engines so i'm not going to invest in testing equipment for flow and wet flow tests for a multitude of brands. I am also no machinst so I won't be doing all kinds of machine work trying different combinations.

I just want a healthy reliable 434 sbc with 600hp at least for a price tag of around 7-8k top to bottom. I wouldn't think that would be too far out of question here..