Another 318 set up

Why would you kill the engine with a 500 CFM carb and those small valves?

It appears that in your mind you think that’s going to make a bunch of torque (it doesn’t) and that torque moves the car (it doesn’t).

I’d rethink your philosophy.

And anything under a 3k converter is a waste of money.
I just looked up what gets a car moving and all of them said that torque is what gets the car moving. What do you think gets it moving?