Hi all I'm still new to the forum but I'm looking for some help here. I have an 84 Grand Prix with a Chevy 305. The motor is getting old and tired (200,000 miles into its life) and it is time for a rebuild. The motor is starting to burn oil and I'd like to fix that before it gets too bad. The car is numbers matching and I'm intent on keeping it that way, I.E. don't want to drop in a 350 ect. I would However like to get a bit more power. I'm not looking for anything crazy as this car is my daily driver. I had started looking into stroking the motor to get a bit more out of it but can't really find much good info. Everything I find is people saying " just throw away the 305 and get a 350." I'd really like to get more input on what stroking a 305 entails. Questions like, will it have to be bored for con rod clearance or can I just get it bored say 0.010 for clean cylinder walls? Also reliability? This is my daily driver and I really don't want to have issues like overheating ect. I've never rebuilt a car engine before either and was curios how stroking it would effect compression ratio as I'd like to continue running regular 87 to 89 octane.
Thanks everyone.
Thanks everyone.