my Low dollar 318 hop-up project

A fool and his $ is quickly parted. Or I should say an ignorant (uninformed) person that can afford to pay too many ignorant and unethical people for bad work is screwed!!
I should say, J Par is right, if the guy wants a pretty thumpy sound, lots of eye candy for the ??whoever, give him what he wants, hopefully it will drive down the road with whatever!
It's tough to be into classic cars and can't change a thermostat. This hobby gets real costly in a hurry… or you better have a great friend :)