how did you figure out what to do with your car?

[SS Shaun]

so after sitting down here at work thinking about my chevelle and my plans i have come up with the following.
What is the car going to be used for? Taking out for a drive with my wife and kids to go to events and show.

Will I race the chevelle? No that is why I have my Mazda RX7 for.

Do I want a lot of power for this car? As for right now with my 454 in it i will be happy with 200hp. I know that I have an LQ9 sitting in my garage with Chelly written on it. but that will be later down the road.

What kind of Hp power am I looking for. the goal is to see 400hp 400tq out of my chevelle. knowing this i can figure out what do i want to do. Do i want to stay with the 454 platform, or move over to the LSx platform. I am leaning a lot to the LSx platform ONLY because i know it so well. I am going to have to get my 454 running and learn a lot about how things work with a carb motor and so on. So maybe after learning on my 454 then i can go to get a 496/502 short block and go from there.

Do I want good gas miles/highway out of the chevelle? Yes which is why no matter what motor i use i am going to have a 6 speed trans behind it. I already have a brand new T-56 in the garage and i am going to use it. Behind the LSx or BBC motor it will be in the car since i already have a 4.11 eaton rear built in the car now. I also know that i can move to EFI on the BBC motors which is another reason why i am not selling my LQ9 as of yet.