Sounds good - I'll make sure to grab a couple pics when I get home!

As for the budget on the engine, honestly I'm not sure yet. I guess the point of my first post was to explain that my priority isn't building a 400HP muscle car engine.

So let's just say if you had $1000 bucks - what direction would you go? It's not mixing oil and water, the engine actually runs very quietly so I'm not aware of any mechanical "damage" other than just age / wear. Would that price range get me a reliable motor with say 100HP over stock?

Tentatively in my head - I had figured on lower end bearings and checking clearances, maybe re honing the cylinders, new rings, and probably a complete head job or new heads to get the compression ratio up a bit for power. I can throw a cam in there too as suggested. I have a fully rebuilt Q-Jet 4barrel sitting in a box. It's the OE carb for this truck - not sure if it will be enough or will I need something else for my plan. For this modest power gain, will headers and exhaust be necessary or can the stock exhaust run it?

Thanks!