68-383 and $2500.00 where to spend it?

Hello BBlm23- Love your car , I had a 68, LS23 with the 340 auto in electric blue (best car I ever owned, it would not break!) . The $2500.00 is basically after the machine shop goes through the basics. There are several very good shops here that don`t gouge and probably cheaper then N.Y. prices. After seeing prices on the web for stroker engine kits, I`m tempted to go that route. I`m close to $700.00 and could practically reassemble.I just don`t know what way to go with the engine.About 2 months ago in Mopar Muscle magazine there was a small article about a guy from Ohio who drove the 150 miles to the strip in his 340 stroked Duster,turned mid 11`s with stock exhaust manifolds and cruised home.When you opened the hood of his car,all you saw was a stock 340. That is what I`d like to achieve!