Mike P I value your reply and now am getting the picture of what I need to do to get this thing to run half way decent on the roadway off the strip. I will order a MSD dist. and ignition box. I'm going to try stock heads but I'm going to get beefy valve springs to run a bigger cam, and since I have a friend in the machine buisness I'll get then ported to flow max air. roller rockers will also be installed. I'll also install a 400 crank to get some more cubic inches out of it. pistons will be dome top to up the compression a little, not to much I still want to run pump gas. I'll set the idle a little high and cross my fingers.



another question.... would crome molly rings be a good idea with a mild dome top piston? I would assume higher compression motors run hotter so I would not want to burn up regular rings.

as for what compression is desired I dont know anyone tell me what higher compression could still be ran on pump gas?

thanks....