I've lost interest in the Elky. This makes me so sad because I was so excited about this car. I even bought a new block and tires already. I don't know what the problem is. I think the main thing is that I want a standard and the el camino has a rather stout th350 in it. If I could change that I would probably be excited about it again.

So that brings me to my question...How hard would it be to put a T-56 or a M22 in place of the TH350? I also wonder what kind of parts I would need to get in order to make this change.

Also, by switching from an automatic to a manual would I be making an already bad traction problem into a worse one or could there still be hope to actually plant the ol' birds feet into the ground?

My plan for the motor would be to take my 400, put a fat bearing in it and build the 377 out of it with roughly 10.5-11:1 compression, won't be running nitrous probably because I'm not building the motor for nitrous...