408 stroker

I built a 408 and depending on your driving I would make the block solid at least half way up, run an oil cooler and use Cometic head gaskets I would also make it oil threw the push rods and open up the oil passages in the lifter valley as well I would not run a electric waer pump nor a gear drive unite for the timming just get yourself a good timming chain, one mistake i did make was not buying a roller cam and having one ground to my specs those ore 2 things i wish i did do, Cheers and good luck the 408 is a fun motor mine makes 540 fpt on pump gas with regular eddy heads also get a good torque converter say one ffrom Dynamic in Delware