Ok so I'm thinkin about building a 388 and I wanna hit it with a pretty good size shot of nitrous. I was wondering how well 388's hold up to nitrous?

 

All depends on what parts you choose to create your '388ci'

Built well it should handle a good amount, lots of 383,385 cars are doing well over 200hp as a track car.

 

Yea I agree ^, built 383, 385, or 388 should handle 200-300 hit of sauce!

 

I was thinkin around a 300 shot. If I do end up building it, I'll probably go with a Dragonslayer crank and a custum set of JE pistons, but I'm not sure who to look to for rods

 

Callies comp star! Prolly some of the best rods out there.

 

ok cool I'll definetly check those out. Now, since I'm completely new to building a motor,I'm having trouble figuring out what length rod I would need cause I'm probalby gonna use a 400 crank (3.75)

 

I think 6in rod is whats used in stoker motors, dont quote me im not 100% sure!

 

For spray you you will want to use a shorter rod so that your piston crown is thicker.

I use a compstar 5.85 rod on a dragonslayer crank.

 

A 3.75 crank will give you a 388 only with a 4.060 bore. Plus you have to make sure its an internally balanced one piece rear seal crank to use with an LT1. Why bore out to .060 over, ? If you are set on a 388, use a 3.800 crank with a 4.030 overbore. The power difference with a .060 vs .030 overbore is little to none, and gives you really thin cylinder walls with a .060 overbore.

 

^Good call!

 

I'm pretty sure Big Rick was running a 38x