Naw- my new Mechanic friend, the first thing he said was or meant was the 350 SB engine, I convinced him I want to stay with the traditional inliner. He respects that and thinks we are going to have a barrel of fun. We are kicking around the idea of having a local well known engine shop and race team build a 292 for me.
He did say he has experienced reliability issues with the 200R4 vs the 700R4 tranny. He's been wrenchin traditional old stuff for over fourty years.

TP