Thanks Heaps Boxy and Mervs and Sharron.
You have actually found my initial plan B, now revised to Plan A. That would be Skakepit one, and I went down and gave it a good going over a couple of weekends ago. Its a great little car, but some what mild mannered and very quiet.
The diff seemed fractionally out of alignment, but no biggy and I will have some work to do under the hood in terms of a tidy up, decent Cam, head upgrades, timing gear and also keen to go with an Eaton SC for the induction with a modified EFI to suit. (only cause I have one donated from my LS1 Adventra that is now up for sale as it isn't needed for towing my Kraken... just sold jet boat anymore).
Has anyone on board (also open to the US blokes for comment) gone the roots style SC (preferred over the centrifugal Vortec style) for the Ford 5.0 HO as I would be keen to chat and benefit from your experiences....including exhaust set up as well.
Being a low volume production car as the snake-pit's were, I have a few more options for modification in line with light vehicle mod regs than I would have with an ICV.
Hopeful I have a bit more luck with a live auction and my young Lieutenant wants to tag along for the experience (and run recon on the dodgies
), although I have warned him about the looks a crusty old servicemen with a young bloke in the passenger seat would get cruising the Northern Suburbs of Sydney in a red sports car