350 olds build questions..

[dogshit]

I wouldn't say that building a sbo is expensive or that parts are hard to get. Good advice & build pricing might be. It's that people compare it and or everything to building the sbc 1 which is cheaper & always has excess of cheap new & used parts everywhere at all times. That is really the SBCs only big virtue and both why people either use it or won't, take advantage of that or resist following the herd.

[J-(Chicago)]

2 months of talk on here, not even 9:1 compression yet?

I will solve the mystery. find some older heads in good running condition, and bolt them on with a thin .028" corteco head gasket. #1-7

You will be around 9:1 just doing that.
All you would have to do is enlarge the push rod hole clearance with a stone grinder or carbide burr to make up the difference between the 45 degree and 39 degree lifter bank angles depending on which # you find.

Olds 350's are mean. They just need compression, and a GOOD VALVE JOB.
If you do that, and get a half ass good tune on it. I'll bet it runs 13.5 all day long in a g body with some decent rear gears and headers.

Bump the compression up to 10.5:1 with flat tops and a 230 ish cam @ .050 and you could be running high 12s.

GO! Do IT!......NOW!