I've seen a lot of built up cars run like crap too. My 302 ain't the fastest horse in the barn for sure, but I can also get around 25mpg on the highway doing 70mph and throttle response up the wazoo.
As far as the pick a part T5, for that cheap it's almost free, so you might as well buy a rebuild kit for it and run it, or if you have money you can do a GeForce upgrade kit(I think they run around $1,200 now?) with new shafts and gears etc, will bring it up to something close to a TKO 500 in terms of performance capability. I'd recommend a good bellhousing though, like a Quicktime, and MAKE SURE TO ALIGN IT!!! That's absolutely critical when you're doing any type of trans/bellhousing swap on an engine, if the bellhousing isn't concentric to the crank(or within spec) you can rip up input shafts and bearings on the trans.
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Who cares how much horsepower it has, all that matters is how fast it goes!
13.20's with 2.25-2.30 60's, 40+ year old suspension sucks!
Best trap 107.11mph, we'll see what the new intake/carb setup does.
12.80 at 110.5mph NHRA DA corrected
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