Need help!! 440 BIG BLOCK!!!

Well I just bought a salvage yard 440 big block, can't wait to start working on it, but I need to know how to make cheap power, I'm 18 years old I need cheap power right now, I can't afford a stroker kit. But I can afford a new cam and lifters and things like that. Also what do I need to know about this engine and how do I know where it has come from. The old owner, which is today's owners father, hid the engine under a bunch of things in a back of a old Chevy bed, it had sentimental value to him. So that's why I'm wandering where this thing has come from. Please help!!!
Author: Dakotaguy03