I agree. But the price of my crank was tha same regardless of stroke. So having build a couple 355s now. I went with the stroker.I intended to clearance my block mt self but the machinist did it for me, then taked another 50 on the bill. I still had a little witness mark where the rod bolts barely touched the block.

 

I would surely go with the 383 also if my engine needed a new crank, but if the crank was useable with just machine work I'd go 350. I love cubic inches myself, so the bigger engines get my attention, but they aren't as cheap to build.

 

welll it looks like i have a lot of saving and some more research to do. wont be starting my project until after school and the school is a year long. but im so excited to start, and mad that i have to wait. cant wait until im posting my project thread!!

 

Hang in there! You can always do a few little things in preparation, just to keep your hands in the car. Lots of cleaning and painting to do undr the hood and under the car. It will help pass the time until school is done and you can dive into it!

 

I was gonna say the same thing. When I was young and low on funds spray paint was one of the things i used to get things lookin good. I did help that Chevy orange was a perfect match to the paint on my first car. Man that made touch ups easy. Except if you stood just right you could look through the quarters at the ground on the other side of the car. A roll of window tint was another. I'm acually pretty good with that stuff now. But it took ALOT of F ups before learning the tricks. Both are cheap and if you screw them up you can start over for very little dough.

 

Most of us still haven;'t found the money tree, so it's not much faster these days! I've been on mine for years, and really haven't made huge progress until a year ago.