There are some really good ideas here. How low do you think I would have to get everything to get it to fit under the hood? Would just under the string be enough? I might have to unbury the hood and hook it up to see.

I am worried that I picked up to much height. The 440 would have added an inch of height. Moving from the stock to edelbrock intake manifold would have adding another inch and a half. So I am not sure that just moving to the 383 base platform would be enough. I need to take a look and see if I remove the air grabber equipment from the hood if that will give me more clearance. Just for clarification this is the hood that has the moving door that can open and close. If I take the under the hood gear off maybe I can just prop the door open.