Thanks Guys was originally a 253 but ditched that in favor of some chevy muscle and none of that 350 rubbish.

Stepped it upto a 400 with flat top pistons double hump fuellie head ported polished and angle decked.   Turbo 350 into a dirty old Ford 9inch.    I kept a standard manifold as i was planning on driving it on my P plates    I really need to upgrade not sure if ill go tunnel rams for looks or a nice alloy edelbrock performer.    Sadly a blower is out of the question the compression would be to high 

Dirty 9"? Well put the banjo back in then? At least the centres are light...  

When I was a younger man - we used to fit copper head gaskets to drop the compression of turbo or supercharging...

You can run straight LPG at a higher compression - it works better that way!

Being a SBC you can buy anything anywhere for 'em and cheap. ('er than a 308 anyway)

Rams are a dog unless you go hi-stall - it will bog down until it gets rolling. Get the carbs set and balanced on a rolling dyno - best money you will ever spend!

If you run the standard converter go the dual-plane manifold - much nicer to drive.

I ran a ZK with a stroked 351 and hi-stall - I ripped the converter out and went standard, too hairy in the wet (and this is a LWB fairlaine), and the effing drone drove me nuts!

This was after I had spent $1200 on dyno time to get it set up perfect with the hi-stall... Back to carby better for another $600 bucks worth...