Waking Up a Turd

I would like to see you put an air gap or performer rpm or an LD340 on it just to see what kind of improvement you would get. But yes, at least 3.73 gears, more compression. The Indy/IMM heads look like a sure winner, but if your rebuilding it, I would be leaning hard, as in planning as a definite, towards a 4 inch crank.

Stroking it is not yet in my plans.... I am still looking for a cheap solution.
I will be weighing all the costs as i go.
Ive also thought about a junkyard Magnum swap. If i find too many parts i cannot reuse, i will be weighing all my options.