Newbie here starting my first A body

Yeah, I'm looking for the memories for sure. This girl is a girly girl gymnast and cheerleader and when she said to me she was interested in cars, actually she's really a Corvette enthusiast quite honestly. I told her that was something daddy was NOT going to buy her and that was something she would get the opportunity to pay for herself...haha I guess being a GM guy really that may be where she gets it from, however I bought my son an 02 Mustang GT for his first car-but he had been been racing dirt bikes since he was 9, so he had a little more awareness when he started driving. He too also had fun learning and building that up as well. I've enjoyed the Mopars all my life and this seems to be the opportunity to build one and pass that love of the automobile on to her and also so she's not the stereo typical woman that gets taken advantage of later on in life when it comes to car repair.

Getting back, I can use 318 headers, carb, cam, crank, etc? Is there a good HEI distributor set up also? What other intake would you guy's reccomend? Also too, I guess it's a 904 trans? The shifter is in the floor-sweet!! But I was wondering about good rebuild kits, shift kit, any other tips?