V-8's are like bellybuttons- - - -everybody's got one! Find a 292 and do some go-fast stuff to it. You'll have plenty of low-end torque, and if you can match it up to something like a 3-speed with OD or a 4L60 automatic you'll have good highway speed also.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!