New fish in the sea

Welcome! I love those small blocks too. If you can clean up the ports and get a decent valve job, add dual exhaust, four barrel carb and hipo intake you can have quite a snappier car. Changing the camshaft to a hotter profile will add significantly to the above. Also you might have a 2.76 rear axle ratio and changing the gears to a 3.23 or shorter legs will change the performance even more (at the cost of fuel economy). I wouldn't spend the money for headers but that's just me. About as good as it gets without changing to a larger engine or force feeding it with a blower or turbo. Start with the exhaust as you can add the other items as money/opportunity avail.
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