have you decided what cam you are going to run hydraulics or solid roller to make those numbers you going run in the 600 lift area i did a 426 stroker, and ran into some weird issues like, the front harmonic balancer hit the timing cover right were the timing marks were . but this was on a magnum engine are you going to run the oil line in the top of the block or are you going to drill out your lifter galleries and give your cam bearings a smaller hole to keep the oil down below are you going to run a girdle, are you going to run dry sump or a regular oil pump system ow and don't forget to make room for you dipstick i screwed up on that one what rocker are you going to run? 1.6 or 1.7 , ow and don't for get the little oil plug in the block you said it got rot to blasted a lot of people don't know about that plug and cost them a engine . aw man i cant wait to hear this thing run .