Hi folks, here's my situation. I'm reviving my C4 project I never finished, but need a little help figuring out what direction to go. I was a bit more impulsive and didn't fully think things through so now I'd like to get it back up and running smoothly since the last time I drove it, it felt very rough and I know things are very mismatched. So here's what I have ...

Stock LT1 block / heads / cam
ported LT4 intake
headers / no resonator / no mufflers
Superchip / tune
700R4
3600 stall converter
Dana 36 / 3.54 gear

I'd like to drive this regularly on the street so please correct me but here's what i'm thinking. The converter likely needs to go, keep the intake, improve the heads / cam combo, mufflers, tune.

I'm stuck on what to do with the heads and cam. I'd like to keep the head cost at around $2k, so...

Option 1: having a local shop do the port and polish, everything I've found still points to the ported LT1s performing very well, but I would still need all new hardware.

Option 2: something like these from AFR AFR 210cc LT4 Heads I'm leaning this way since these are assembled and ported.

As far as the cam I have no idea yet but I'd like it to get closer to 400hp

Thoughts?