We've beaten the "hotrod the stovebolt" subject to a bloody pulp repeatedly. There's nothing wrong with the engines just the way they are. They're never going to be tire-smoking torque monsters, no matter what's done to them. Somebody can always use a big hammer and a greasy shoehorn to stuff an outrageously inappropriate big block engine into most of these trucks, even if they lose all the originality (and streetability) in the process. At some point, it becomes an exercise in futility to get the idea across to those folks that most of us on this site have no interest in such a Rube Goldberg cobble job. Different strokes for different folks!
Jerry
