Thank you for the quick reply. The ole' 292 is a stump puller for sure. The smaller brothers are just as well built. Had owned all of them at one time or other. Always ran for me. Easy to work on. Perhaps with some headwork and a better manifold from Offy or Clifford and an Edelbrock 4bbl carb might be the ticket. That and some roller rockers would give some good drivability. Don't need a racing engine. I already have 3" Magnaflow exhaust. Do you know if anyone make a TBI for the inlines? I would probably go with a carb for now due to $$$. There is a person that works near here and has 76 chevy Pick up and it has a 250 with 384,000 miles on it and it still runs well. I would say thats really good engineering! H.