Although this isn't what I would do, I'm perfectly OK with it. This hobby is all about experimentation and individual expression, that's what makes it fun.
Don't forget, the whole pro-touring thing was essentially inspired by European car standards of balanced performance. The PT movement in the early days was widely derided as a sissy, non-American trend in muscle cars - Pro Street was in. And putting 16 or 17 inch wheels with those rubber band tires on a piece of premium American muscle - just like those ricer cars! How disgusting!
I'm building a '69 right now, with LS7, T-56, DSE front clip and QuadraLink, Baer 6-pistons. There might be 50 or more people in the country right now building cars to those same exact specs. That doesn't bother me - the whole point of this build for me is to use well-sorted, proven combos because I want to drive and track it, not fuss with it. But if I was looking to push the boundaries, what would have been a bleeding edge combo 3 years ago is common today ...
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