Well you have given me something to rethink. I would like to keep the performance at least what it is, but ideally to improve it. Pat, you will probably know more about this than most, but you mentioned the car didnt sit very high with stock suspension. With that in mind someone must have modified the suspension in the past, at least in the rear, because it sits up quite a bit higher in the rear than the front. It is really noticable if you look from the rocker to the ground, I would say it goes up at least 4 inches just between the wheels. The car will not hook this way, and with the new big block all it does is blow the tires away, granted they are radials, and quickly losing tread depth, but if the car is nosed down from the start isnt that working against me if I want the tires to plant and hook. Also, Pat, as a side question, what ist the widest tire I can get in there with the stock wheel tub? Thanks again.