72 duster resto

Well im sort of spinning my head on a couple issues.

1) do I just slap an intake and carb on the motor and see if itll run. Or do I break it down and inspect everything and put it back together…

2) do I keep the schumacher mounts I bought, or swap the v8 K frame in and use the existing mounts.

3) do I swap torsion bars now or later. Feel like this is related to point #2 outcome. Hmmm



Also anyone have tips on engine cleaning? Gonna paint this thing hemi orange. Also starting to strip the engine bay of gunk so I can weld the drilled holes that aren't used and clean things up. The money pit got hungry this last week so im trying to be frugal. Wish me luck hahaha