well after lots of work and a Few skinned knuckles we flashed up the 350 day before yesterday, car started right away and only needed minor adjustment to the dist to get her to idle really nice, she purred like a kitten and roared like a lion, I kind of liked it with the wide open headers. Ran her long enought to get the temp up and make sure the cooling system was working OK. Had one oil leak at the bottom of the  Gear drive cover, can't have that so I spent yesterday stripping away the front of the motor so I could get at the cover, put a new gasket and sealer on her and 6 hrs later she was all back together. I let her sit overnight and then went out this morning and flashed her up, ran her for 15 mins with no visable leaks, THANK GOD. The one thing about doing a resto is you sure get to KNOW YOUR CAR. I can't wait till I get a chance to test that New 350 with the Tremec 5speed, my buddies just want me to throw a bucket seat in her and take a quick spin but I think my neighbors might go nuts so I will just be patient and wait untill I at least get the mufflers On.