Stroker Build in a 79 Big Ten

[gmore58]

First time I've posted on here, just been cruising by. The rear main seal on my 350 was leaking and the oil pan gasket wasn't in great shape so I was having to keep an eye on the oil level. It was at the add mark one day, I was running late and was out of oil so I thought I would be good for the 12 mile drive to work. About 3 miles from home I heard bad noises from the motor, glanced down and noticed my oil pressure gauge was at 0! Got it off the road and shut it down, but the damage was done. A gentleman gave me a tow home. I pulled the oil pan and didn't see a pickup. The pressed in pickup was lying in the bottom of the oil pan sump, and with the level being low the pump wasn't picking up any oil.

I finally got the motor pulled and discovered that the crank was shot. So, I decided to do what I was planning to do in a couple years - bought a stroker kit and am building a 383 out of it.

What's going into it -
Eagle balanced stroker rotating assembly
Comp Cams Xtreme Energy 268H cam
Aluminum heads with 64cc chambers, 2.02" Intake and 1.6" Exhaust valves
Edelbrock Performer EPS intake
Edelbrock Carb
MSD HEI distributor
Hooker headers
Dynomax dual exhaust with turbo mufflers and exhaust crossover
Polished aluminum water pump, pulleys, alternator and power steering brackets
Cleaned, painted, and detailed engine compartment
New polyurethane engine and transmission mounts

I'll post some picks when I get on my home computer. I think it is going to take more work to degrease, clean, and detail the engine compartment than to paint and build the engine!