Just to let you all know, I'm seeing a happy ending with Dave50's help. looks like things are moving forward, I found a reputable private seller on ebay with a short block that was willing to respond to me with some much needed info! FINALLY, what a rare breed of a seller in this day and age! So he has two fresh 350 short blocks, one that will give me .030 quench, and another that will give me .040 quench, both bored .040 over. The .030 quench block will give me 10.56:1 compression, and the .040 quench block will give me 10.3:1 compression. When I get the short block, ill be sure to inspect and double check his work. The last remaining fine detail before I order: Even though .030 will be a better quench, with aluminum heads and 91 octane, 10.56:1 is a lot of compression. It comes with a cam, but I might use my own since it has 288 advertised duration, which apparently could help with lowering the dynamic compression. So to put an official end to this thread for anyone who drops by off of google, or whatever other source after experiencing this same issue, the solution for me is going to be building up a new engine. I may start up a thread on the engine build progress Thanks to all who have contributed!
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