Engine planning 101

Questions to ask yourself: How fast does it need to be? How mild/radical a car do you want or are able to tolerate? Do you want to build it with the option of upgrading later without having to change everything? Intended gear ratio and converter stall speed? Don't build your engine based on one of those 400 hp 318 magazine combos and expect it to run well with a stock converter. If you are not willing to run a looser converter, then you should keep everything very mild.