[quote=Dixie...... With today's technology, I'm sure there are things I can do internally to improve it over stock.
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Today's technologies are: 1) 6+ speed transmissions, 2) computer controlled efi.

stock rockers with oil through the pushrods?

And variable cam timing........so you have the right sized cam(sorta) cruising at 1900 in double OD, and at 6k+ while you’re ripping through the gears.

All true, but I also look at lighter pistons with better skirt designs, narrower ring packs that conform to the cylinder walls better, reduced journal sizes to reduce rotating resistance, and improved oil management (scrapers and effective windage trays) as comparatively "modern" tech vs what some of these archaic platforms used when they rolled off the assembly line decades ago.

Best advice on here, Gear Vender

I agree that way the OP can add even more gear and get even more acceleration whitout having to spinn that thing higher than 35-4500RPM driving down the road at the legal limit.

Those things turned that kind of rpm on the road back when they where new its not some kind of rockescience.

But that does not answer the OP's question.

IMO, it’s really pretty basic......

It would do what the OP is asking if it were bone stock.

If you build it with higher quality parts and better attention to machining detail and clearances, surface finishes, etc, than the factory did....... it will hold up better than it would if it were like it was when it rolled off the assy line.

If it’s not being raced in a class where stock displacement was a requirement, then I’d build a stroker...... which doesn’t alter the appearance at all...... and run 3.23’s instead of 4.10’s.
This way you get the added performance of the extra cubes to offset the taller gears, which greatly improve the streetability of the car.

More power, more streetability...... looks 100% stock......win,win,win.