I am in the process of gathering parts for the 350 out of my Father-in-laws 88 350. It comes out of his 88 1 ton box truck, the truck is used with the 16 ft box to haul furniture and misc objects related to his auction company. This is the 3rd failed engine in 3 years. My goal is to make it more reliable and enhance low to mid RPM power to make the truck work better and the engine last longer.

All new parts are being used aside from the old rods, block and heads. The factory heads have stelite ex valves and they will replaced with them again as I was told that they are better than stainless for hard use and high temps in a truck.

I am prepared to order the master kit from flatlanderracing.com and will use TRW pistons. I will add a Scat 9000 OEM crank, allum roller rockers to reduce heat/friction, and will substitute the stock gring camshaft for something better. Please advise on cam to use for this heavy hauling small block, is a standard "RV" cam good or is there a better grind? I usually prefere to go with Crane Cams.

I will be doing minor porting in the ex side of the heads to reduce any gross restrictions and smooth the ports, most work will be concentrated on the port roof and the short turn radius.

All block work will be performed as expected with torque plates, and cam bearings are being replaced. Block will be bored 0.030" over.

The engine came apart with 2 piston skirts broke, 2 valves sucked, and crank was pushing into the block. Crank is being replaced as I said above.

Am I missing anything? Help on cam specs please!