Fair enough...We don't really need to be at the 500hp marker..But I will tell you this..The car came stock at 190 hp, and I was hoping for a little more.. I am thinking I am in the 220 range now and was hoping for opinions as to maybe spend $1000 wisely to make the thing get out of it's own way.

Remember something, I am not new to this, I just haven't built hot rod engines for many years.. 16 years back when I worked in an engine machine shop, I took an old 427 block, bored it >030 on the ck-10 machine, took a set of old closed chambered heads, put a valve job on the with kwick-way stones, cleaned up a cast crank, and put a set of used dome pistons in the block, topped it off with a holley 750 and some cam I ordered from blue racer...Dropped it in my junk 72 camaro with a powerglide, and my 4:56 gears and ran 10.98..That engine and gear set up set me back about $2000, so, I think it is possible (if you have some ability) to make a car run fairly well for cheap. Then again, I built the thing, I didn't simulate it on a computer program.. Any input that has some substance would be helpful..