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Personally, if it were me and I was looking at college expenses as you are, (Still paying for them for (and with) my son after 15 years and they don't seem to be getting any smaller) I would go with a set of roller rockers and a Demon Carb. You won't believe the difference you will feel.
If you really want to spend 5 grand, yank the engine, bore it .030 to 402, full roller cam and rockers, Demon carb and you could approach 425-450 HP.
You could purchase a stroker kit on ebay an build it yourself if you have the ability, or you can purchase a 502 crate motor. Lots of ways to spend money.
If you really do have a 396 / 375 HP, it is worth some money. You could sell it for 12-1500 bucks and put that along with the $5000 you supossedly have that could be used for college and buy a pretty nice crate engine.
I am just sitting here trying to put myself in your position and wondering why you would need more than you have at 17 years old.
I'm sorry, this board isn't for preaching on a soap box. I will get down now. Someone on here can probably help you more. Good luck,
Ed