[Billy Nees]

Tim, just a little food for thought, you mentioned looking for a "starter combination". The biggest problem that you will have with building a 350 or 396 combo (even the 2V) is going to be with the classes that these combos fall into. You can build a "starter combo" and go racing with these combinations but you had better be willing to get beat in any heads up races that you may run into. I'm not trying to dissuade you from coming into Stock Eliminator but I do want you to understand coming in that it's (contrary to what you might hear) not like building a SST or Bracket car. Where I'm going with this is that you might consider doing the 307 car (do it as a 71 or 72 it fits Q and R) because you're going to be dealing with a combo that any competent machine shop can build for you. The carb is too small but on the plus side because of that it doesn't need an "enhanced" set of heads and intake and it won't want a big cam that will kill valvetrain parts. Think of it kind of like a "kindergarden" combo! It will let you into the eliminator to learn the ropes and the right people to deal with so that when you do "step up" you will be in a position to know the right people to go to and parts to get. Just my $.02