thanks man, I'm also thinking about cutting down the main journals of a big block crank to fit in my block, to make a torque monster small block. Either that, or I'll just throw in a forged crank from a 330, or a nodular crank from a 350, anyone know where i can find one? thanks, Ryan p.s. . . I plan on using the edelbrock performer RPM package and porting the heads, with bigger valves.