Drivabilty vs. Performance help newbie

Well im taking all of your advice (thanks btw) im going to leave everything alone and start with just tuning the car as much as possible and see where were at. the possible look at the lifters if necessary. I agree that it shouldnt be too bad when running well and that the parts are pretty well matched right now. I'll let you know how it turns out. I'll report back probably next week as I'm having the car dyno'd to help get it sorted out. Again thanks , its nice to get so much help with something new to me.