Hello all, Im new to this forum and to big blocks as well. I played around with alot of small block stuff but never got interested in the bbc till here recently.

Me and my Dad are restoring an 82' Chevy Scottsdale half ton pickup. We took the original 305 out and are in the process of rebuilding a 454 that I picked up fairly cheap.

I am just rebuilding the 454 as it is with the addition of some long tube headers and an Edelbrock Performer aluminum intake. The block is bored 60 over with stock crank and rods with flat top pistons. The heads are 781 castings and it has an Erson rv15h cam in it 214/214 dur at 50 with a 492 valve lift on a 111 lsa. I am going to put a holley 650 carb on it.

Our goal is to keep the appearance and over all quality of the truck in pretty much stock form. It's blue and white two tone with some 15x10 ralley wheels. We are just wanting to put some pep under the hood for a sleeper affect.

What I am wondering is what kind of horsepower/torque and performance I can expect to see from this motor with the setup I have listed above. I know the cam isnt huge or anything but the funds for this motor are pretty limited and I would like to leave it as it is. I am expecting the cam will have a very slight rough idle seeing as its ground on a 111 lsa.

Any comments, opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks to all!

Tyler