We the Friend that was going to do the old school build made a good move already. Instead of stock heads I offered him a set of Stealth heads that I bought many years ago and massaged slightly from the stock 267cfm head flow up to 300. I was never going to use them so he bought them from me for 800 dollars. He also bought an old school 590 lift cam from a Moparts member. I would love to see him step up to a better, safer rod but time will tell