400 in the 68 Chevy

[Bobby277]

Hello all, new to the forum! Have followed a few threads here and there but I finally have more than one question to ask so I thought I'd join.

ANYWAY, I own a 1968 Chevy C20, she's a sweetheart. Lol. I recently acquired a 400 sb and I'd like to build it with my truck in mind, I want to build a tourqe motor.

I am going to go through it with a stock rebuild kit, mild cam, and I'd like to put vortec heads on it.

My questions are is this a solid build for decent tourqe? I'm not looking for huge numbers, maybe 350hp and 400 ftlbs. So is a set up like that appropriate? I want advice on the build.

Second- if I go this route I've heard I'll need to change my pistons to dished because my compression ratio will be to high for pump gas. Any details on that?

Third, opinion on aluminum intake? Carb?

I appreciate all of your replies!