Hey Rickd, and everyone Thanks for the great comments! It has been fun and I'm ready to get all the bugs out! I'm running a 351W w/ Edelbrocks Performer RPM package. I put it on the dyno and it performed just as they said it would. It has 391 HP and 422 TQ all under 6K rpm. I raid so many horror stories here about how undrivable these cars are with all the gross HP numbers and plus there just isn't many places around here to get a little crazy. If fact I had a friend here that sold his car to a guy in Germany for this very reason!
The rest of the car is ERA standard fair. It has a Jag rearend with 354 gears, 4spd close ratio top loader, 15" Trigo's FIA"s, drop dash, "Smith" auto-meters, Kirkey seats, detachable steering wheel, etc. I ended up doing the side pipes a little different to gain more ground clearance and they work very well. Although they probably radiate more heat being closer, I don't have any ground clearance probs! I've still got to get the carpet in as I'm still undecided on which way to go on that. I'll probably do a mix of the carpet and aluminum. I still have to adjust a few things, add some camber to the rearend, change carb jets (too rich), I have a header leak, the mystery
oil leak, etc. But it drives!!
My only real complaint is that I'm short legged and I feel like "Grape Ape" driving this thing! I've moved the pedals as far back as I can but I could have place a comp battery behind my seat! I guess I just need some large platform shoes like the girls wear! Thanks for all the great comments! I'm going out to get some pics! Thanks, Matt