10's on $5,000 ?

The DC books back in the day gave a receipe that worked for that particular engine/wt. car. Fact.
You take that formular and increase compression, and his better heads (which you have?), where will you be? How much faster?

318willrun is doing what keeps us all alive and going, that is DREAMING. When we stop dreaming, we stop living. He has a dream, a vision, and trying to make a plan. His exercise here will eventually show all what can be accomplished with X amount of $ and a certain amount of work!!! For the old guy that has been there and done it, this whole deal might not be a interesting as it can be to the guy, younger or older, that has never attempted and accomplished such!!
Dreaming is fun!!!
This is how I've enjoyed the hobby for 34 years of owning mopars! I set a bunch of "what if" type of goals, and then go have fun. I've never done the obvious, ho-hum build. Whether it was a /6 build or a big block build, A body or C body. Some people mistake this as "I don't know better" or "I don't know how". They be dead wrong. LOL.