5.7 Carb'd Swap on a Reasonable Budget?

You'll definitely need to swap pistons if you plan on a tighter LSA. You run outta room real fast with these. Putting Eagles on a stock early shortblock will give you a significany boost in compression. Like around 12-1. I forget the company (DSS Racing or DSX Racing?), they advertise on ebag. They have forged pistons for the gen 3 at a decent price. Starting at 600. The OCP intake should be a soild performer. Prefix(formerly Arrow Racing) makes a short runner single plane. I have this one. Works very well. Hood clearance is still a big issue.