Soon to be new to funny car....some questions

So this winter I'm buying a local funny car rolling chassis. It has a 1 of 1 body of a 1970 Superbird. Older chassis, but it has a ton of history at my local track and I grew up watching it. Still can't believe I'm pulling the trigger and buying it, never thought I'd get into a funny car.

My initial plan was to go a non-conventional route and use a Gen 3 hemi and just run my local super pro bracket class. Not out to set records, just have fun with it and do something different.

But I'm...

Soon to be new to funny car....some questions