I got carried away on my typing
It's a 408 short block. I bought a machined block from Woody and a balanced rotating assembly, then wimped out and let him assemble it. The heads are FAC 190, again from Woody. You can get them from him with a better spring package than what Summit sells. Cam is a comp cams xr-282 (his recomendation). Comp gold roller rockers. Carb...Holley street avenger 670 cfm. Dist is Accel with built in ignition. ARP studs all over the place. Standard melling oil pump from Precision Oil Pumps with arp drive shaft, set of arp studs down there also. Smith Brothers push rods.
Since this isn't a race car. I did cut some corners and got the cast steel scat crank and standard I beam rods. Probe pistons etc.
The old alternator is on there only to turn the water pump, it's gettin replaced with a 3G.
Gonna finish the radiator stand today so I can fill it up and let it run longer than 15 seconds. It'll be just as ghetto as the engine stand. Only thing invested in the stands are lag screws, nails and deck screws. The 4x4 and 2x4's were pick me ups. It's amazing what some business throw away.
gonna throw some mufflers on it too, Damn thing is hard on the ears.
The headers created a major pain in the butt on the driver side, it's got 3 different style fasteners holding it on. Valve covers were no picnic either. Bought some nice ARP stainless studs, and they don't work in the upper corners, Because of the shape of the casting, the nuts won't go on. So...Stainless hex head from the home depot.