How about a contest...To build "Project Badass" of 1968...Both Small-Block and Big Block....

Had a great Idea the other day. Maybe we can get one of the buff magazines to sponsor it and run articles on it. Everyone has spoken ad nauseum how sick they are of '69 Camaros with LS motors and 20 inch wheels etc. I was thinking what if a group of people got together to build several street machines like you would have in say-1968-the height of the musclecar movement. Everything would have to be period correct-no modern fuelie engines, no MSD ignitions etc. I'd have two classes-one big-block and one small-block. For big block cars I'd say limit cubic inches to 400. This would save money-we don't need $15,000 crate Hemis or stroker Rat Motors-that stuff wasn't available in 1968. You could run a 396 Chevy, a 383 Mopar, a 400 Pontiac, and a 390 Ford, or maybe even a 400 Olds if someone wanted to play with one. Feasible swaps would be allowed-i.e a 383 into a Dart or a 396 into a Nova. Cross-breeding would be allowed-a 400 Olds in a Buick Skylark body for example-or a 400 Pontiac in a '66 El Camino. You could run any compression ratio or any cam ( no hydraulic rollers-not invented yet, remember? ) or any induction-but it would have to be period-correct. For example you could run a P65 Edelbrock Dual-Quad manifold on a Pontiac-but not a Performer RPM or Factory RAIV piece-they weren't invented yet. This also means no aftermarket aluminum heads-they weren't invented yet. Iron heads and period correct parts would keep the costs down and the competition firece. The same goes for trannys. You could run a 4-speed or a TH400 or a Powerglide in GM stuff, a 4-speed or a 727 Torqueflite in Mopar stuff, and a 4-speed or a C4 or C6 in Ford stuff. No five or six-speed sticks, no 700R4's or 4L80E's. For small-block cars we could limit cubes to 350. And I mean 350-no stroker kits to build a 427-they weren't available yet! However-I have seen some fierce 289 Falcons and Comets that surprised a lot of big-block cars. I've seen some badass 327 Novas. I have seen really quick 273 Valiants and 340 Barracudas. Engine swapping and cross-breeding would be allowed here. A '64 Buick Skylark would run a lot stronger with a W31-spec 350 Olds under the hood than it ever would with the obsolete 300 inch Buick V8 it came with-and that's a swap some enterprising hot-rodder may have done back in the day. Or a small-block Chevy into a Studebaker.  Exotic stuff-for the time period-but still correct- would be allowed-Paxton Superchargers and 4-Weber setups for small-block Chevys and Fords. How about a Factory Five Cobra replica with a 4-Weber carbed 289 Ford? I think it would be way cool and would take some talent on the part of the builders to make the fastest car-not just who could write the biggest check. If you agree sound off-and write the buff magazines as well and tell them to check this site. Mastermind.