get me in the 11's

Old tired 318 springs work fine with Cal tracks. I don't know the cost of SS springs anymore, but, for a bit more you can get tracks and ranchos which IMHO, is a superior set up. I've seen used Track set ups selling for $200 and shocks for $100/pair. There was a complete Track setup with shocks on here a few months ago for $220 or so. Be patient and shop around. You could buy the split mono's from Calvert as well.

Plenty of 360's turning 7000+ with stock rods and in excess of 550hp. Have them done right as far as resizing, etc. If you are going to do that, look into some of the replacement H beam rods from Scat. Gets into a what's it cost to rework vs buying newer nicer pieces.

If you can find the article, there were a couple in HP Mopar mag. July 1999 and Sept 2000. Something like "Feeling light headed". I'm trying to get a copy. It had a 360, ede heads, Air Gap, comp 305H and made somewhere around 495hp at 6500-6800 RPM IIRC.