About ideas for that 4 banger of yours... is it linked up to a manual trans?
One of our NW members now up around DuPont or Tacoma built up his MTX-75 and added nitrous to his zetec contour. Maybe had ETs in the low or mid 14s. Wouldn't match a 426, but would be a better daily driver for our weather and topography.
Speaking of a 426, what kind of intake manifold/carb do you have you that beast of yours?
A get together is due, but with it already being November, work crunches and family calendars can inhibit turnout. The worst case scenario is no meet until the Portland Auto Show in January.
I've got a daughter in Fayetteville NC (Ft. Bragg) with the Army Reserves doing pre-med courses on the side I like to brag about, but I can agree to avoid talking politics.