[SKI1462]

I was leaning more towards the Scat stroker kit. I plan on using the car for some for some serious street/strip stuff, I mean I will not be using it for going to work or anything like that. I want some serious 1/4 mile times and with a Gearvendors overdrive kit still be able to drive a 100 miles to my brother's place in Bloomington, IL. I live in Joliet, IL (Route 66 Raceway.) Correct me if I am wrong but aren't the 390's known for overheating when you open them up past.30? I was also looking at the cost of having my factory bottom end machined VS buying a Scat complete rotating assembly. For what I will pay for proper machine shop work on the stock stuff, I figured for a few dollars more I can gain the displacement I'm looking for AND have pretty much most of the machine shop work done. I just am not sure about how big to overbore the block. I don't want somebody trying to sell me a mega displacement stroker kit that requires an overbore that is just gonna cause the motor to overheat all of the time anyways. SO, lets just say I go with the SCAT kit that gives me 431cid with a .30 overbore. What heads should I look at next? I wanted to go with a hydraulic roller and a carb, no EFI. Ya know I probably should have asked first if there are any good books on the topic that cover the 390 FE high performance build-up. Geez, I have so many questions on a whole bunch of stuff it's unreal. Another question would be how do you decide on a torque converter if you're using the Gearvendor unit? I really appreciate you guys having some patience with the FNG here and thanks in advance for all your help!