hey thanks for the input. can you tell me who sells the summit cam? my guess is that i will have to have this bored to 60,000 anyway so the 400 pistons sounds good. guess i will forget the rockers. yes i do have the original tranny in it but am thinking about going to a 400 what stall covertor would you recommend?blackcat i will call you late next week as i am in missouri now working 12 hours a day on a fire damaged house bob