HealeyRick,
I laughed, I cried....
I can relate to your build description more than I want to: mine's a 557 (bored/stroked 460) going into a 1981 Zephyr in place of the original 200 six. It had to be bigger than my Cobra LOL
Here's a less entertaining snippet of some of the results:
http://www.firstcoastcobraclub.com/v....php?f=2&t=645 There are others in the same forum if you have any curiosity...
I hope by now you're doing at least a test drive!
Tom
PS: BTW I'd keep a sharp eye on those 72 spoke wheels - I had a Jag with some like that and they loosened more often than I was comfortable with - but then you probably already know that!