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I most definitely want to be faster than running in the 14's.  It's looking like a TFS stage 1 cam WILL be my best bet to get what I'm looking for. 

Not long ago, I had a '00 Pontiac WS6.  After driving that car, I know I'd be bored driving a 14 second car since the WS6 I had ran in the low 13's stock.  Because of the torque-curve of that darn LS1 engine, it didn't give me much of a seat of the pants thrill.  I always thought it's acceleration was too smooth.  While it was definitely fast, it didn't give me that hard pull that really tells you you're getting somewhere.  Oh sure, I could SEE the acceleration, but I really couldn't FEEL the acceleration.  I always hated that.  The feel of being pushed back into the seat is why people buy cars like that in the first place.  The feeling of being pushed back into the seat is what I'm after.  That's what makes a car fun to me.  Obviously torque is what gives you that sensation.  With my 3.73 gears and a good converter like the one Tom and Demon are talking about, I'm sure I'd be happy with the pull. 

While the set-ups Tom and V8Demon run are most likely a little quicker than my WS6 was, I'm sure they have a much better fun-factor than my WS6, because of how they FEEL under acceleration. 

Anyway...  I'm still in the process of getting the money together for all these goodies.  I'm undoubtedly still a while away from getting my Bird up and running, but I am working on getting the parts together for it.

The best I've turned in my 3700 T-bird is a 15.0@94.

HOWEVER the car should be running a 14.4-14.5 et with that trap speed.

You're running aluminum TFS heads aren't you Tom?

Keep in mind in 50* weather, on a set of some what sticky 225/50/60  Michelin street radials, I've pulled a 1.90 60ft(surprised the shiznit out of me too) and run 13.11@105.3, that's at 3760 lbs (including me)... In 75* weather it will run 13.3@104... Those times were running a short belt bypassing the smog pump and P/S... Since, it's run a 8.40 in the 1/8 which was quicker than the half track time(8.42) it turned on the 13.11 run... This was with the P/S in operation and smog pump tossed in the weeds... With DRs my best short is 1.91, so in actuality my best NA 60ft is on street tires...

It sounds like that combo worked out well for you Rancheronut. My whole problem as far as headers arre concerned, is the fact that I'm running an AOD. There are tons of posts about which long-tube headers will fit P heads on a 5-speed Fox car, but when you're running an AOD like me and want to run LT's, it looks like you're screwed! I guess I'll have to just stick to FRPP shorties then.

Are you running a colume shifter? If your not you can run long tubes,It just takes a little work.If you got the P heads you can change the spark plug to a shorty ,and angle boots on the wires!