[Skippy597]

Hey guys, so I'm piecing together my 66 lemans and trying to plan out my engine to slap together. I've gone all over on the planning stages from high dollar to true budget but I've settled on doing a budget'ish stroker build. I could go high dollar but I feel that in the likely event that I'll eventually have to rebuild or replace the engine I would feel better not having a mountain of money in it.

The plan so far
400 block (I've got a couple), eagle cast 4.25 crank, scat 6.8 I beam rods, DSS 18cc dish pistons (about 10.5 CR I think), Speedmaster rd port heads lightly cleaned up (already have them), HS 1.65 rockers (have them), SFT cam, solid vintage HLJ lifters (have a set already) port matched performer rpm intake, and last but not least THERMOQUAD!

The car
1966 lemans full weight car
8.2 rebuilt with posi and 3.36 gears
Muncie m20

What I want
Street car that can get into the 12s and haul the family around so looking for mid to high 400 hp mark.

Curious if you guys think the cast crank will hold up just fine for my purposes. I also have a stock 400 crank that was dropped so its possible I could use it but would have to be checked first and obviously not be a stroker anymore. But if I went that route I have a luanti 703 cam and hlj hydraulic lifters I could use. DECISIONS DECISIONS... I'm trying to use what I have just to make a fun car to get it going and things can be upgraded or swapped down the road. Also would love some input on what cam you guys would recommend, I've been looking at the crower catalog and the 60310 looks pretty close to me.

Always love reading this forum and looking forward to your thoughts and advice.