To the original question, how streetable an engine will be will largely be determined by the valvetrain and should be a core discussion with the cam grinder. If you have expectations of streetability I would absolutely have a long discussion with the custom cam grinder to discern how reasonable those expectations are. He may want to alter a great many things to meet those expectations from the carb/fi, to the intake, to the heads, compression, ... all the way down to the gears. You might find a small change now will make you much happier down the road.
PS, srtthis, that car is just my favorite on this site. Simply superb.
Thanks for you input MWOOD. I'm hoping someone can chime in and tell me if all my parts will match so far into the build. As I stated earlier I'm baseing this build off the popular hot rodding budget build, but my heads, intake and cam are different. Not sure if they are for the better or worse as of yet.
Woody has a good point about camshaft and valvetrain, it will be very important. Most like to pick cams last, however they should be considered very early in the build to get the most out of what parts you are putting around it, not counting what the USE of the car is.
Sell the t-5 setup separate, thats worth 5-750 i would guess and the motor... dunno, hard to say with a stock block 302, mabye 3-500
This is not one of those engines you want to put together yourself. I sure as hell wouldn't.so I guess I'm going to do something I have never done and that is putting my short block together. So I guess one of my questions would be, when installing new crank and bearings do I still need to use those little gap strips or do you just use them to check clearances on an engine that your rebuilding? I've youtube alot of it and everything seems easy as long as you know your torque specs, and I noticed that they go in firing order so that your not over rotating the crank when building to keep lubrication on. Am I correct here?
This is not one of those engines you want to put together yourself. I sure as hell wouldn't.
The high rpm will tear it apart if you get things wrong.
Had this been an average 302-306, i'd say give it a shot, but not this time.
I know i wouldn't even consider attempting it myself for a first build.
It's like building a skyscraper, but you've never even built a house before.
Do you want to make this a progress thread over in 5.0 Talk to add to the list, or no?
Yes Caleb, this probably would be a better choice as of now. Are you going to move it? Thanks!