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Deck the block, it makes the quench closer to ideal which means less timing. I would recommend buying Jim Hand's book to get a better idea of Pontiac Performance. I would also buy good rods, they are "cheap" insurance. Not a big fan of edelbrock carbs.

I would give a Pontiac Expert like Butler, Kaufman, SD Perforance, Spotts, PPR, Pontiac Dude, etc a call and discuss the performance you want out of your car and see what they would suggest. You will be much happier having someone with years of experience helping you select parts than trying to guess yourself. I was always surprised that Butler wouldn't oversell me on parts. I was having issues with the car bogging 3 years ago (my 1st year at the track) off the line and called Bulter Performance up (who helped me build my combo) and told them of my problem. I thought it was the converter and Jim said it was the accelerator pump and to get that sorted out first before I thought about buying a new converter. I fixed the pump issue and picked up .3 tenths in the quarter the next time out and broke into the 12's for the first time.