A guy w/ a nice SB Dart at the track talked to me about how Herb McCandless had stressed to him that the stock-ish oil system on his car needed some upgrades (baffled pan and I don't recall what else) to keep the bottom end happy.

If you haven't already given some serious thought to that, I'd say now's the right time. The other guy didn't take Herb too seriously at the time, and then told me later how he hurt the bottom end just like ol' Herb warned him would happen.

Hey, sometimes even free advice can actually have some value...