Need advice on a 340 stroker engine

Hi All!

I have an original 72 duster that I am restoring with my father. We are wanting to use the 340 block as it is the original one, but everything else is up to be replaced. There is a ton of information out there, and I am not quite for sure the best path to go down so I am looking for some advice.

This will be a street car for the most part. Driven on nice days and to shows. I would like to get the most amount of power that is reasonable to money spent. I am not going to be taking it to the strip and racing it really on any level.

I was expecting to bore out the block and then put a stroker kit in so it would be closer to a 408 or 416 from what I have read. I was hoping to achieve in the 500 to 550hp or so.

I was planning on having a reputable shop here in the central Indiana area assist, but they moved their shop to a neighboring state and their quotes were very expensive. They are understandably expensive as they are very race oriented, but that is not really my objective.

The car will run on pump gas, probably 91 or so is what I have easily available to me. We will be using a rebuilt torqueflite 727 transmission with the Overdrive Gears attachment for better cruising at higher speeds. 3.73s are in the back.

I don't have a crazy budget, but I am happy to take my time and buy quality parts as I only want to do this once and then enjoy the car for a very long time.

I had read that Eagle makes a really nice forged rotating assembly as well as the Trick Flow 190 heads.

I have no idea on cam, rockers, intake or other items that I need.

I have no real experience with carburetors so I was planning on going with the holley sniper efi kit with the in tank fuel pump. I have read that the sniper kit has less maintenance and its nicer for driving, but open to suggestions on that.

I would love to hear some opinions, thoughts and recommendations on shops/experts that I could pay for services as well as we are planning on starting on the engine this year.

Thanks!