Nice 5 months... sounds like a target!!!
I have this BBC sitting here still but something keeps screaming LS of some sort with the amount of driving i think I will be doing. I have been thinking of plugging a simple small block build in it for now while I gather LS swap parts, LS swap is alittle more that something I want to do fast. Dropping a small block is simple and would get some ball under me to get more learning seat time. Maybe a de-stroked SBC like you ran.....
Sounds sooooo nice