Need your opinion on a shortblock upgrade

are you looking to upgrade the block itself or the internals in the block? if you looking into upgrading the block i'd suggest the ford R block or the rare A block. if you got the money of course the dart block. if you want just the internals id go with chp or dss for a complete block. or how about a 331/347? you can run those injectors with a custom tune

save your money on the pullies(if you are going blower)and forged crank/rods.

another option is finding a forged piston fox body motor locally and doing a refresh of it for cheap.

save the money on the injectors/maf until you get the blower--you'll have to get a tune 2 times or a self tuner.

i would look to chp for the shortblock. every transaction i have ever heard involving them was great (including mine). i would go with a 331 over the 306 though. for not much more money, you get 25 extra cubes and a rod ratio that is perfect for a blower. i would recommend the strret fighter pro-street if that is within your budget since everything inside is forged and your weakest link will be the block (even though i have seen people well over 500whp on the stock block with no issues). give them a call and see what they can do for you.

isnt the 331 only like an extra 500 dollars?

I just can't buy into that bad rod ratio thing

On a street motor, you want all the cubes you can afford

I would not stop with 331 and not get the benefit of 16 more

Anyway ... 331 or 347 ... its all moot with Dewman's Question

He wants to use his current 302 stuff and its all too little for a stroker combo if done like it needs to be.

Besides that ... with the blower, he has plenty of cubes for a street combo that will be plenty impressive IMHO

I'd not go for fancy cranks and other high dollar items since all that stuff will end up residing in a house of glass if you go for the mega power with the big boost.

Keep things simple and you should still be able to have 400rwhp and keep things together without all the fancy smancy stuff.

You could rebuild your existing shortblock or as you have indicated, just get one from Mark who seems to take care of business as they say

Grady