so its looking like Ranger exhaust manifold, stock intake and carb , deleting power steering and emissions, swapping to manual trans, adding adjustable cam gear.
undecided on what air cleaner I'm going to use.
probably going to keep ignition stock.
don't know if I'm going to change cams.
I'm going to worry less about power vs fuel economy, and I'm going to concentrate mostly on simplicity, dependability, and tidiness.