LA 360 Engine refresh?

Captainkirk said

Sounds like a plan, John.
FWIW, I chose the Speed Pro forged 10:1 pistons (against many here's better judgement)...most felt the Keith Black Hypers are a better choice due to the weight...which I can't dispute; they are heavy sons-of-guns. I weighed one of them at 727 grams. BUT...I wanted forged pistons rather than hypers; the KBs have their shortcomings as well. I am well-impressed with the SP's. Coupled with the forged crank and the new Eagle forged rods, the bottom end oughta be solid as an ox and pretty much bulletproof. FWIW, while the SP's are heavier, the Eagle rods are lighter than the stock forged 340 rods. Every little bit helps...
Always thought Bill Shatner was a pretty cool dude...:)

EDIT: I had already had the block honed std a few years back. The only SP slugs I could get were + .030 so I had to have the block bored .030 over. Then I had to have the crank re-balanced because of the new rods. So it pays to plan well ahead or you'll end up doing things twice...

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I definitely don’t have the budget to do things twice, but I’ve always been very eager to pull the trigger. Things are a little different this year due to Covid and I don’t have the disposable funds I normally have, so I won’t have a choice but to do it once and correctly. I’m sure I’ll burn a few hundred on this path, but I’m going to do my best to research properly and get a combo in place on paper that I can afford and live with. In the end, this whole project was started to keep me occupied while being a stay at home dad and to build a car that’s fun to drive for a while and sellable at or around what I’ll have into it. The engine build has turned into a side journey I didn’t expect and I’m totally stoked about, but a side journey with a purpose. My next build is hopefully going to be a 2nd gen D100 or possibly a 69 Road Runner if I can find one that’s not $15k for a basket case. The 360 in my current car will get swapped out, broken down and rebuilt stroked and then put in the next project... We’ll see though. First things first is to get a block and some parts to get this party started.