Don't get it right, just get it running. 85 318 roller

Knowing dear ol’GeorgeJets there, trust me he ain’t schooling, he’s just sayin and your right, if it’s a young low HP engine with bolt on parts and a small cam, that’s one thing. Closer to what George is talking about.

Considering the title of the thread…..
And what’s going on so far….

I still do little mini hop ups like that. They are fun. Not really fast, but drive well and are enjoyable with its upgraded power. I’m doing this on my ‘79 Magnum now.

Next month I should be down at the track dicking around with the car down the 1/4 seeing what I can ring out. Then I have a cam change just to see what it does. No big fan fair. Just toying around with something until I get a few other things squared away.
That’s all well and good. And I’ve done the weekend driveway rebuild before also and I’m fine with it. But the OP asked what to reuse and what to replace. The answer to that is to measure everything and reuse what is reusable and replace anything that measures outside of tolerance. Cheap is one thing and I’m on board with cheap. But measuring is free, it just costs time and I’m only advocating to do things correctly.