right now the plan for the block is looking like:

sleeved and bored to 85 or 86mm, balanced/knife-edged LS crank, lengthened rods (IB), 11.5:1 pistons with raised wrist pins. I haven't made any final decisions about the head yet, but probably nothing too extravagant.

I'm looking to go with a b18c block rather than an LS/B20 one mainly for the oil squirters and girdle. I figure if this is a pretty good deal, I might as well jump on it. I suspect it will probably take me the better part of a year to raise enough dough to finish the buildup.