A stroker 408 build?
The first thing you do when the work starts is use a hone plate up top the block to keep the cylinder bore straight.
The actual cost of decking the block and boreing isn't a whole lot. If he does this and checks out everything else, your in.
A rotating assembly sells around that priced and should be balanced allready.
The ony extra work involved in a stroker build is a minor clearanceing of the cranks extra throw. The rods need to be clearanced actually. It is easy. For a guy that builds engines as a living, it's a snap.
I think the price looks good.
What Carb, intake, cam works for this setup? It would be put in a 73 Duster, 727 reverse pattern 4200 converter, 4.11 rear.
Build depending, CFM wise, it could be as little as a 650 to as big as 850.
Any intake except a iron stocker and performer would do. Unless your trying to go into F.A.S.T. class racing.
Larger CID engines swallow up large cams and act more docile on them. A good example would be a 318 and a MoPar 292 purple cam sounds radical in idle and a power band starting @ 3500. The stroker will idle much better and power will start much lower.
Also, the bennifit of a stroker is in it's shear torque making abilty with the peak power coming in at sane RPM levels. No need to spin the engine to the moon. Your more likely to peak before 6000 even with a decent sized cam.