I have a similar thread about building up a slant, too. As I have had time I have gone back and read many of the threads before the current page, I think I'm back to about page 60, and when I go back in the archives even getting back to where I left off, I see some that I thought I might have missed,seems like I've been thru at least 3 cycles of the same questions that rotate around.
One thing that seems to come up that can be agreed on is the need to shave the block and head to get the compression up to where the service manuals have claimed that it always been all along (your engine is most likely NOT there) for the biggest bang for the buck upgrade even on the mildest of overhauls. What cam or whether or not to put bigger valves, what size of carb to run, what gear to run out back, whether a daily driver or a race car everyone says to bump up the compression
