Outstanding. Something to be said for a job well done. rick On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:45:50 -0400 Bill Vander Werf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I finally got my 71 together enough to start the motor. I built a > pretty > stout .030 over 454, (it's now a 460) for it and finally got it in, > wired and the plumbing done. It's got an 850 Holley double pumper > carb, > an Edelbrock Performer RPM air-gap manifold, ported oval port iron > heads > with a 3 angle valve job, a MSD ignition system from a 6AL box to > the > billet distributor, a complete hydraulic roller cam setup from > Crane > including gold race aluminum roller rockers (.587 intake lift, 226 > duration @ .050, .610 exhaust lift, 234 duration @ .050) and 10 to > 1 > forged Speed Pro pistons on polished rods with everything balanced > and > held together with ARP fasteners and the exhaust dumping through > Hooker > Super Competition headers. All this is connected to a built Turbo > 400 > and a Moser 9" rear with 3.89 gears. > > It started on the first crank and filled the garage with the sweet > smell > of burned 110 octane.......mmmmmmm. I was only able to run it for a > minute or so before I realized that the line on the old oil > pressure > gauge I was using to monitor it was about as old and decrepit as I > am > and I got hosed down with 30w oil. That will make you shut one off > in a > hurry. > > What I was able to hear in the short time it ran sounded great > though, > and after I cleaned up the mess, both on the car and myself, I > decided > to walk away from it until tomorrow. > > Fortunately it has a roller cam so I don't need to break it in. I > can go > right to setting the timing and adjusting the carb. > > The car has been about a year and a half in the works but it won't > be > long now before I'm standing on the loud pedal going down the local > dragstrip.......Yee Haa. > > Bill Vander Werf > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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