318 LA tear-down

I want this to be a van I can use for high way trips to go camping and a little fun on the road. Not for racing!

Right now I have a 318 block that looks fairly nice that I could add 4" to and keep the stock transmission. Or I could add a stroker to my 400 bb and swap the transmissions (at $750 for the rebuild) plus lots of headaches over the doghousing on the engine..... but that would be one hell of a little van!