Low money 360 any ideas

That 228*intake might drop your Dcr into the soft launch area, but, the 3500 TC, and race gears, will get you through that faster than you can notice. The trade-off is terrible fuel mileage. Do you care? IDK.
If I could recommend just one thing it would be to verify/build the compression up. I mean a hi-comp 360 with a 340 cam, can be a blast around town with 3.55s in a 3200 lb A. Even with a big 2 barrel and manifolds. But you put the pistons down .120 to .150, and it all goes away.Just saying.
-Save your money. Drop that 360/4bbl/727 in as is.Put some 3.55s in it. call it done. Drive it for a couple of weeks, til you pull a racecar plan together.By that time you will have found the weak points of that set-up.