Buying the car you want.......Pt 2!!

I guess I should have been clearer on the last post.  Got some griping-"Not everyone can afford an LS6 Chevelle ot a Boss 302".  When I said  "Buy the car you want" that's not what I meant. What I meant was if you want a four-speed then search until you find that model with a 4-speed, don't buy an automatic and then try to convert it, or if you want a big-block Chevelle, then look harder to find one in your price range, but don't buy a small-block version and then spend a ton more money swapping in a Rat. The same goes for other options-it's much easier and less expensive in the long run to shop around and find a car that has factory air conditioning or front disc brakes, than it is to try to add that stuff to a base model not so equipped. On the other hand-don't go overboard and pass up a great deal on a Trans-Am.because it has Rally II wheels and you want Snowflakes, or turn up your nose at a great Chevelle because it doesn't have a Cowl Induction hood!!  We talked about this before- on the other hand-If you have a 440 Road Runner or Charger and can swallow the $2,300 list price for a "Six-Pack" setup-by all means put it on-the car's value will be increased a lot more than 2 grand even though it's not "Original".  Ditto for Hurst Dual / Gate shifters for 1967 and later GTOs and 442s with automatics. I can't afford an original RAIV GTO either, but if you have a "regular" Goat or want to buy one and want RAIV performance-Crane, Lunati and Edelbrock sell the cam, NPD just came out with an exact replica of the RAIV / 455HO aluminum intake, and if that isn't enough, Edelbrock has the round-port heads. ( which are patterned after the RAIV heads ) Yes, all that will probably cost 3 grand when your done-but spending 3K on a $20,000 car is a lot cheaper than selling your soul for a $75,000 "original." Ditto for L34 and LS5 Chevelle owners that want L78 or LS6 performance-remember the article in Car Craft where the rectangular-port heads didn't show a gain until 6,200 rpm?  Keep your oval-port heads and add the intake and Cam. GMPP sells the intake and Crane and Lunati both sell the cam. Mastermind