You can actually make a silk purse from a sow's ear, but it makes the pig look really funny!
Jerry
No one will notice any changes in any pig, if the changes are all internal changes using stovebolt parts: 1954 235 with 261 cam, 848 head, and Powerglide intake valves. And, I am not looking for a silk purse (external glam), just slight improvements from cheap and easy changes (each change being related to stovebolt engine "natural history" - that GM presumably used for marginal increases in performance).
I guess I'd go to the HiPo forum if I wanted to growl (and beat my chest) about an engine.