About that forum that you posted asking if it was possible to make a 350 to a 396, i have good news for you, not many people know, but i was talking to a machinest in my local areaand he said that it is possible to bore it out to a 396 with the cylinder walls being of the same diameter but it obviously won't be a big block like every other 396 out there, i had plans on doing that to my small block was it was justa little bit more than i could afford at the time, but i was told that it is deffinetly possible.

 

sweet action, thats what i like to hear!! Ill talk to some people around here and see what they would ask for it and what i would need to be as far as cranks and piston diameters. Thanks!

 

Prolly would cost a pretty penny...you should post this under his thread tho

 

With a .060 over and a 400 crank turned to fit into the 350you will get 388 ci. You want anything bigger you have to go with 400 block or a bow tie block with siamesed cylinders. You can make a 4.150 bore with those. Cylinder walls are too thin to go over .60 in a production block

 

What in the hell is siamesed cylinders?

 

What is a siamese twin?
The cylinders are connected where there are no water jackets between them. It allows them to be thicker so they can be bored bigger.

 

Erm how thick ? Thick enough for a .90 bore?

Z3R0

 

Like I said in my post enough to make a 4.150 bore. That would be .150 over

 

they make a crankshaft with a longer stroke for the 396 small block. i have seen them just don't remember which part's catalog. when i find it i'll post here

 

go to www.strokerkits.com/sbc_forged.htm . it has a 3.875 stroke with a 6in rod and only needs to be bored 30 over. sell's for $1380 on this website. kit # 1-40900-1. hope this was some help for you.