Newbe with a cracked block.

The slanty does several things well tho;
1) if you idle it way down, the only-three-pulses-per-revolution will start to hammer on the crank, and then the whole car will shake rattle and roll. Then you can pretend you have a really badazz motor.
2) Another thing is that if you put a 2800TC in it, and nail it hard, it will spool up and hit the tires hard enough to chirp them for a little ways. I always found that amusing.
3) if you put some 3.91s out back, AND the 2800, well then you can have some fun. Even if the engine burns a qt of oil,between fill-ups,lol.
4) If you put some valve springs on her so she can hit at least 4500,See how often you can bounce off the rev-limiter before a rod comes out the side.When that happens, just stuff your T-shirt in the hole,crank up the idle,and keep on truckin'.Don't worry;the banging and clanging stops after a while.......
5) Oh, and I can tell you how easy it is to change the starter on your slanty, but you probably already know that.I bet it doesn't take 5 minutes, and you will hardly get dirty.
6) Another thing they do well is buck snow. Just put it in second, get her up to 30mph, and just about nothing will stop her.Turn the heater off and lower the window. You will have to catch the wiper whenever it comes by,pick it up,and slap the ice off it. Once the window cools off, you can start skipping slaps. If you can't see, don't worry, the slanty knows the way home all by herself. Just hang on, it will all be over soon.Keep an eye out for brake lites.

And here are some tips;
A) put a CherryBomb on it, or a PurpleHorny.You'll get a lot of friendly hand gestures, whenever you downshift into first.
B) If you think the slanty is down on power, open up the lash a bit, everybody always lashes them too tight.
C) Another nice thing about stock slantys is that they don't care what gas you put in them; I think they are immune to detonation due to insufficient octane. I think they are practically immune to detonation period.
D) That leads to another thing: you can let the kids wail on her all they want, they can't hurt that powertrain. But,if the Catholic Father from the church at the end of the boulevard calls you up one afternoon,and says he has reports of your son turning the corner in front of the church, balanced on the two outside-wheels?; well, you better have a talk with that boy then, cuz sooner or later, the landings are gonna break something.