318 build #2 "cost minded" for the '74 Duster

There's a laundry list of variables in what you're talking about but adding one crap load more of horsepower isn't going to lower the 60 ft time...
Also too much traction isn't good...
I remember looking over to my left and seeing this Camaro do a ginormous wheelie with lots of traction and I thought wow cool and when I left him right there that was the last I ever seen of him...
we'll agree to disagree on 2 things you said: