PUT a 302 C.I OR A 351 C.I.(WINDSOR) bOTH ARE A SHORT STROKE ENGINE, ALSO INSTALL A RV CAM THIS KIND OF CAM WILL LIVEN THE ENGINE AND MAKE I FAST AND YOU WONT HAVE TO CONSTANTLY TUNE IT UP AS YOU WOUL HAVE TO IF YOU HAD PUT IN A LARGER CAM.bIG BLOCKS ARE OK BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO BEEF UP THE FRONT SUSPENION AND YOU WILL HAVE TO ADD TRACTION BARS ECT. TO MAKE IT HOOK UP WHEN YOU PONCE ON IT