91 octane to stop vapor lock?

A front pump is no damn good. You need to consider building a vapor return. Go dance around slant six . org. SOMEWHERE there is an article specifically on slants and fuel problems.

On mine, a 360 then 318, I finally went to EFI. "But before" that the best things I did was to go to a rear mount pump, vapor return system, and a nice carb isolator / spacer. Wix 33040 (5/16) or 33041 (3/8) filters have a 1/4" fitting with a return orifice