440 pistons Help

See I take the time to read stuff. But dont always understand what I read. Ive gotten so much crap already for wanting to run the T-ram.( I like the look plain and simple). When I ask people about my build all the feed back I get is about the T-ram it never gets on to the other stuff that I want info on. All in all I think I will be a stout motor with plenty of power for my Scamp. I talked to a few machine shops yesterday. One quote was $125 to bore and $50 to clean twice these prices included maged and crack checked. I asked about square decking he said its not as important in a street engine as it is in a race engine. Any truth to that?


You think I need more Converter? Keep in mind Id like to be able to do 55 on the hwy and not at 3500rpm. From the calculators Ive used I should end up about 2700rpm at 55mph. Does the converter change that? I know I should lower the gears but there whats in the rear and I figure Ill run them just buy taller tires.