I'll probably never get to 179 and I sure won't be trying it with the engine between my legs! \:o Sorry to say this year was my first Speed Week, but I'll never miss it again! It is where I should have been for years. I just want to build something we can have fun with and try to go faster every year. If I start slow there is a better chance for success. I want to involve my sons and friends. It would be good to make new friends too.

If you have to go with a new engine I'd consider a Slant 6. You could probably keep your Borg OD tranny.

"I wonder if God created man because he was disappointed in the monkey?" Mark Twain