Thanks Brent!
I purposely didn't get the crank and rods that was offered with the motor as they were not the original and were, well pretty worn out. The crank was a "grooved journal" and the rods resembled LeMans rods at one time
. I'm concerned with staying around the stock 427 bore because of the thin walls. The stroker kits we can talk about more but your thinking the same as me. The hydraulic roller is your call based on our discussions. I'm glad to hear of some good rocker stands are out there as I haven't found much along the way for TP's.
The single plane four intake is the one that I don't have (Nascar version). I do have a cherry 2x4 single plane, a 2x4 dual plane(GT40 style needs slight repair, with "Diamond tubes"), another 2x4 single plane with "oval tubes" and the 1x4 dual plane (pretty slick but weird too). I hear stories all day that these motors, when done right, are just killer. But you MUST have the cubic inches to let them breath down low.
At the end of the day I've always been told, take you parts to the engine builder and let him decide what to do, not you. I'm trying to find that faith if you will
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Thanks! Matt