WOW! What a great response to my first post. You guys have given me some great info and no small amount of encouragement. I read with interest the recent article in Street Rodder about Gen III conversions to carb and the recent Hot Rod article about the design of Gen III blocks. Looks like the best complete engines from the bone yard with low mileage are going to be Gen IIIs. They also seem to consistently get better milage than the previous generation. Although the carb swap might be easier and fast, I feel like with some patience and forum help the EFI will be the most satisfying in the long run.

By the way, you see our ride on page 89 of the Oct. 2004 Hot Rod Magazine spread of the Power Tour. We are the two tone blue Chevy under the Root Beer sign. We stopped for lunch and then watched the tour drive by. There was a stop sign in front of the drive in and it was the perfect place for excessive display of acceleration. The locals were lined up on the sidewalk and at the drive-in watching the cars come through the small town. The police were very forgiving. It was about the only place we watched the tour as we had to peddal very fast to keep up, especially since we were making and breaking camp each night because of budget constraints. We missed the Long Haul photo in Greenbay because of a flat that got changed in the rain, but we made it to sign in for the certificate.

Keep on posting info. I did the T-5 swap from helpful posts on another forum and it has been a real bonus.