388 For the Street?

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So last time, I asked a very open ended cam question about a motor that I recently acquired and have yet to find out many of the specs. But here's what I know so far:
The engine was at one point together and running however before it given to me (a family friend needed space) it was sent out to a machine shop where it was broken down for more machine work but then left apart with no further work
•The Block is a cast iron 2-bolt 350 SBC which was bored out 60 over (Which would make it roughly a 388?)
•It's a solid lifter cam with double roller rockers (It is an older style Crane Cam however I have no further specs yet.)
•It has cast iron Dart heads that I believe are something like 205's (Intake port size) I'm not certain I just know there slightly bigger than 202 "Fuellie Heads".
•It supposedly was dyno'ed at about 460 Horse power and had roughly 12.5-13:1 compression.

So basically my question is. This is planning on going in a street/strip G-Body, however since I know that it was running with all the parts included should I just get the required odds and ends and just put it all back together, or should I change certain components to make it slightly more street able (Without sacrificing too much horse power)
All opinions are welcome.
 
Sounds like a healthy combo 8)
I would do a some more research and see exactly what you have.
There should be #s on the front or back of the cam.
are there any casting or part #s on the heads (front, back, or under valve covers)
I would guess you've got a 3.75" stroker crank (you didn't mention that) should be #s or name on crank somewhere.
Pistons should have part #s on bottom.
If it has 12.5:1 compression you could set it up for e85 which is doable and there lots of stations around here at least that sell the e85.
Or.. you'll have to run race fuel $$$$ which get really expensive on a street car driven often.
Post up what you find..
 
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