Todd I understand what you want. You want an engine that for most of the time is mild mannered, but when you put your foot in it, it screams! You are headed in the right direction, but to really get what you are after you need to incorporate fuel injection, electronic distributer and most important, a computer to run it all. This is a very big modification to get modern performance from what was an old tech cars. Guys have done it, but it cost a lot in time and money.
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