So the snail won the drag race...

I'm hoping to keep the car as stock as possible on the 1bbl induction system and mopar ignition. I'll make it a super six if I really need to, but also being low on dough it may be harder to accomplish that!

The cat was installed about 10 years ago according to the receipt. I don't know the brand since a shop did the work. At that time she got new exhaust all the way back including the muffler. Stock tiny pipe size though.

I do not honestly know when the valves were last done. PO was a mopar guy too so I'd like to think he set them but...I can't be sure without a set of feeler gauges. It's really quiet while running for and engine with mechanical lifters though.

When you mention retarded cam timing, can I just drop in a new timing set like on a Ford to fix the retarded nature of them?

I disconnected the EGR a long time ago. It was the only way I could get the car to accelerate from a stop without falling on its face and dying.