I have a similar set up on my 440, with forged pistons, I brought an Edelbrock top end kit , heads, performer intake and Edelbrock matching hydraulic cam. Quikfuel 880 carb. Ran the engine in on a engine dyno with TTI headers pulled 487hp. My next mission is to upgrade the car to a solid lifter...
Yes, am going to try it this way. Will wait till I have a helper as it seems a two man job. Only doing it as my challenger had a Fiberglass hood and I have located a mint steel one, I took the springs off with the fiberglass hood as didn’t want to put two much stress on the hood
I also have brought specialist items of Year one, but find them expensive. For me personally I prefer too buy parts from Dantes, good pricing and most importantly for me great customer service. As I live in New Zealand I need to have confidence in the supplier that the goods will turn up...