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Originally Posted by 1HTBRRD
Nick,
Just my 2 cents.... I have a 468BB with merlin heads, a big solid roller cam, 10.5 to 1 compression, 850 carb, and free flowing exhaust. It is a fairly mild build, but extremely fun and tons of torque.
I am actually considering a more mild hydraulic cam and fast EZ EFI for better gas mileage because I make a 70 mile round trip to work every once in awhile. I put a six speed behind it after trying to drive it on the freeway for more than 2 minutes.
Sounds like you have a good budget to start with, just need to figure out how much you will be driving the car. I sometimes wish I had gone the LS route, but that quickly goes away when I hit the gas and break traction at 45mph 
One thing is for sure, whichever engine you decide on make sure to back it with a six speed  |
Thank you for the post.
I am researching if I can plug a Tremec 5 or 6 speed in my car right now because I am at that point with the inside pulled apart.
I do plan on enjoying the car as much as I can. I live close to work so it would be driven daily pending on what I have going on. I am having a 9" built as soon as my new wheels show up because I went with a small back space for a deep dish so I have to cut a axle shorter before I can run them. So swapping out the final gear ratio to match the tranny/engine combo will not be that bad when that gets completely matched together.
I have to say the engine tranny combo has been the hardest part to come to a decision on this car, everything else has been pretty simple for the most part because I already knew the look I was after but the engine/tranny combo is killing me, now that it is tranny time I am happy that I changed my mind to go manual.