408 cam / build help.

[David66dart]

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.

Yeah it sounds all too familiar man

 

[David66dart]

I agree with flyfish. The OOTB ports on the edelbrock head will routinely support 400 - 450 hp when built and calmed for such.

Here are two threads to compare power, parts needed and then you can read into there pricing.

Here is a mild cammed build with edelbrock heads. Just proving you don’t need a ton of cam to make a good street powered mill.
The everyman's 360 LA Eddy headed engine dyno tested

Here is another thread by the same author with ported Edelbrock heads on a 371. (.070-360)
371 build W/Big Mouth heads

Thanks for the links, I will take a look.