serious street power.
On a grudge night, a guy asked me what was done to it, after we made a pass. He had cam, headers, carb, intake, etc., on his early small block Camaro and was embarrassed when he saw my "combo". What I'm getting at is; getting the most out of a combo is very gratifying."
This is normal for chevy guys. 8)
I just skimmed your elaborate post...but i can offer something i think..
it comes down to--and was mentioned...
is this a daily driver
do you want it to run on 92 pump gas
how much $$ do you want to dump into it.(man, thats an open question)
run the Source heads- but get them mildly ported
you cant go wrong with the 440source stroker kits. I have one.
dont forget---while you have your VISA out---- you will need a matching converter to your combo or you aint goin nowhere (like the camaro guy above)
;)
we have all went high 11's and 12's with the 509 cam and iron heads.
Thats old school tech. --There ya go .