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Everybody has an opinion of course. If I were just going to drive my old car to relax and ease some stress, I'd stick with the proven 318. Great gas mileage burning 87 octane, fantastic reliability. Want some extra tire burning power? Just swap in a 4.10. Long cruise; swap back. Again, just my...
If you want to cruise with the 3.23 and get some type of fuel economy, why not go with an RV type cam. Granted, not much above 5000, but a lot of grunt down low and keeping the R's down makes engine life go up.
If I had a number Runner, I wouldn't change anything that couldn't be put back readily, especially paint/bodywork. If I were to change brakes, I would tag and bag all the stock parts for future resto.
I don't use the factory windshield washers on my Coronet, so I routed a hose from the overflow on the radiator to the windshield washer bottle. Works perfectly, looks stock. Just an idea.
I used the disk brake kit from SSBC on my '65 B body. A little more expensive than junkyard parts, but no spindle, A arm, or control arm changes. Bolt on kit. Having said that, I did the disk setup when I first put the car together because I was setting it up to race. It is now street driven...
In order to be NHRA legal, you need to build the loop from 1/4"X2" steel. I usually have my local steel shop cut 2" of 6" pipe for me. Slip the driveshaft through and then fab legs to each frame rail or subframe connector. Granted, a street exhaust may make the fabrication interesting, but not...