408 cam / build help.

David66dart said

Well shoot now I want to go with a forged crank and h beam rods but if I made that power I would need to build my trans and probably do away with my 8.8 that I had a costom drive line made for. I always forget that speed is just a factor of how deep your pockets are

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Yeah, it snowballs quickly. Mine got a little out of control during a rebuild years ago (2008 I think). I said to myself:
If I have to rebuild it anyway I might as well stroke it since it is about the same price....
Since I'm stroking it I might as well port the heads to take advantage of the extra cubes....
Since I have ported heads I might as well get that big roller cam....
Sine I have the bigger cam I might as well get that 8" converter....
Since I have the ..........yeah, you get the picture.