Your thoughts on intake/exhaust choices ??

Jim Kueneman said
1) Crank up the compression (I went to about 8.8:1)

I got the static compression to about 8.5:1 when I built it - I wanted it to run OK on junk gas. I do have one of the steel shim head gaskets from the group buy organized by @Charrlie_S. I'll do the math and see what using that would get me for compression. I will need to see if that gasket will fit a hydro head or not, stay tuned.

Charrlie_S said
Just a quick FYI. You stated about swapping to solid lifter valve gear. What rocker shaft did you use? The hydro, or the solid? They are different. The oil holes for the rocker arms are in a different location, between the two. You must use the correct shaft, for proper rocker arm oiling. If you look at the bottom of the shaft, the hydro shaft has the oil holes in line with the shaft mounting holes. The solid shaft has the oil holes offset from the mounting holes.

Thanks for the heads up sir. I swapped in the solid rocker arm, rockers, and bolts from a 78 Volare along with getting the original juice cam reground for the solid specs.