yeah, i am going to get an estimate for reworking the block and heads, if its too expensive or the block is cracked i think i'll but aa remanufactured motor from rebuiltautoengines.com they have remanufactured long blocks minus valve covers for about a grand. I think this would be the best way then bolt on goodies later when the buget allows or while i still have it out of the car, and correct me if i'm wrong but i'm pretty sure you can do a cam swap while the motors still in right, its classified as a bolt on swap right, i have been thinking of using the edelbrock performer package intake and cam, and heads later, with a 700ish cfm carb because i will probably put it on a 100horse shot of the bottle later, does this sound do able and does anyone see any potential problems?