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Depends on how you intend to use the car. For street, this sounds too aggressive. Need slightly less cam and a max 3.55:1 for the street. Carb in the 625-650 cfm for street (throttle response). If strip, then the steeper gear, bigger carb route will work.

It is seductive how easy it is to add power to one of these blocks. The drawback is that it bumps the power up the rpm band and it tends to dry up the low end.

If this is to be a strip car, ignore me. If, on the other hand, it is to be a street car, hear me out. Suggest you pay attention to how you drive via a tachometer with the rear gear you intend to live with. If you find that you're wanting to mat the pedal at 2500 rpm to dispatch a mongrel, use this as the bottom of your power band. Adjust more or less depending on where the urge to get rid of lesser rides hits you. :glasses7: