351w roller vs 351 non-roller blocks

[Pman1961]

I appreciate all the advice. I had considered and is still is in my thoughts to just replace the heads with the 195 KC Signatures milled to increase compression, new cam and swap the victor jr. style intake for the rpm air-gap. I'm curious about how much improvements I would see over the stock 385hp crate motor. I did have one email correspondence with Keith Craft early winter and had talked with Lance but I've been to busy over the winter to make changes to the motor and now I've got the itch. I've had a sbc 383 and 434 stroker and they were fun. The deal on the block seems to good to pass up should he not back out. I'll have an answer tomorrow. Using the 408 block and since it is 28oz I could use a lot of peices from my crate motor and sell the short block, heads, etc. to keep costs down. My intentions were to bump the cam with this motor and I would talk to KC to see if he would recommend the 210's cylinder heads. If this would have been a roller block I would use the lifters and push rods from the crate motor and replace the cam. I'll update tomorrow. Thanks again.