[FIAFRED]

Rick,

Thanks for follow-up. I'm sure that you have more to do than baby sit me, but whenever you can reply, I'll be greatful. Is your crate engine modified from what I should expect from my 351w, from Bill? Is it even the same kind of animal? The reality is, I really am going to drive my car regularly for pleasure, and I need to have a reasonable DB level. I kind of got the impression that your engine has a "competition DNA strand", that gives it that nasty, "sounds so good", attitude. I am willing to sacrifice some degree of nasty for something my "sweet petunia" will accept for "our" riding pleasure. I hope this isn't an oxymoron( come to think of it, maybe I'm just a moron!). Anyway, I'll ask your patient indulgence to help me sort these things out sowly, over a resonable period of time.

Continued appreciation,
"Freaky" FIAFRED