How did you come to know Don Dulmage Rusty? He is a much respected Racer with a lifetime of experience and lives not far from me. He is getting up in years and hasn't been out much in the past couple of years.
I don't. I have his book. Old Reliable. He tells all about how to build a basically bulletproof 440 race engine the old school way. It's a badass book, too.