What would you do? Slant performance

Semantics and details. Mr newbe knows nothing about such.

And my experience with slantys is that camming it up makes the bottom soft; and not just comparatively either, but absolutely.So after spending a bunch of money all I got was a slanty with passing power, that couldn't fight it's way out of a wet paper bag.Sure, I got it to work with gears and a Hi-stall. But honestly, IMO, Spending all that coin was not worth it, And I will never do it again.For a quarter as much money I coulda had twice the torque and power, and kept my hiway gears.

Well, we all have to go through life and find things out the hard way lol.... As long as you stay safe and nobody's gets harmed go ahead and take the time, effort, and money to ascertain what your goals are for this project. You most likely won't be happy with the end result but it's your car....

I personally would not touch this project. Go on Clist and find a complete V8 A body with a good operating Drivetrain. They are out there and you will be light years ahead of this current program. That is reality and the comments come from a guy who has been down the 6 Cylinder road in the past....

Good luck,
JW