Appreciated the input and not sure if my attempted youtube video post to the group was visible to you. If not, would appreciate your thoughts on this /6 upgrade end-state versus the V8 route --
https://youtu.be/4zHxzHEs14k This seems like an interesting optimized 225 that appears pretty amazing as well. Would need to assess costs of this option that would require a full tear down and rebuild of the engine + the weber carbs versus a new drive train as-is.