11.5's

Greaser, what is your budget? A 500hp 340 is nothign to sneeze at, and can be done well for about $5K. You will still need to buy Edelbrock heads, or race prep factory ones, so there's a lot of money there. The shortblock wont cost more than $1800. It's all the other stuff that adds up. Cam, heads, intake, pushrods, tappets, springs, all add up quick. But, you can run in the 11s on a 340 with a hydraulic cam, and on pump gas, and ported factory heads. Just gets hard to do with 3.55s.