Assembled short block.

I'm not interested in 1400hp head studs

 

you would be if you saw em. beefy bastards!

 

Ao pics of those suckers then too!

 

I say that BECAUSE I'm not going to make anywhere near 800 hp. If the engine can handle 800 hp, but only produces ~400 hp, I'd say that engine is going to be pretty damn reliable. Plus, once I convert it to RWD (years from now), you never know

 

lol rwd...
but yeah overbuilding the motor is a good thing, I wish I had the damn funds or the sponsors o do so, but mine should still be pretty stout and will hopefully handle the @600hp crank i plan on making

 

You got it!!!

Isn't it perty!?!?


Proof it has pistons in it


Proof the rods and crank are installed too


I got anxious so I installed the water pump and accessory chain/tensioner setup


Since I'm a video editor, and I shoot video as well, I have a lighting kit, which double as shop lights


Time to put it away, and wait til tomorrow to gawk at it


So as you can see, this son of a bitch is almost done!!!

 

Looks good! Still waiting on the top end?

 

Dropped it off today. He said he was gonna start on it tomorrow, by getting base numbers on the flow bench. Which I will obviously post up

 

Hurry up you ***... quit talking on here and finish it!

 

Looks good cam, gl with it

 

Looking ******* nice man!

 

That front accessory would have been a ******* bitch if I use stock balance shafts. You had to line up a certain link, with an arrow on the pulley, and make sure it was exactly right, or the crank would fly out the side of the block (not really, but maybe). With the NB shafts, you just throw em in, and put the chain on, no need to time anything with that chain

 

can't wait to see this thing done. I want dynos within 3 weeks

 

Uh, at first I'm gonna street tune, really conservative. You need to keep in mind, the average high temp where I live right now is 105 degrees, and its only gonna get hotter from there. By the time the motor is broken in, it will probably be 110+ degrees everyday. You may not know this, but 130+ degree IAT1 really hurts power production

I'm gonna dyno it in like september or october early in the morning, so I can setup a winter tune, and get accurate numbers. Trust me, I'm in no hurry to run the hell out of this thing. Keep in mind, I haven't even driven it in over a year. I'm going to enjoy the car for a while. Once I get bored, THHHEEEENNNN I'll open her up a little.

 

130+ iat1 ftl

 

I remember once while scanning in mid day during a particularly hot summer day (125+), my IAT1 was 149 degrees, IAT2 was close to 190.... Thats how it was when I started it for the first time that day

AZ summer really do suck. Winter though, man its awesome working on your car on a nice December day with your grungy shorts and a t-shirt

 

Lol, hardly, you just line up 3 dots/marks, like coloring in the lines

You realize you will be doing the samething that's no different/harder when timing the motor with the cams?

 

Laziness takes over, and makes me save the 25 seconds

 

good to see production, looks bad ass

 

Very very nice. ****, now I gotta save up my money for either the SS/TC or the GTO build. Decisions, decisions.

Seriously, though, I have been doing a lot of thinking. I've pretty much put the SS/TC on the back burner and figured I will save about $7K for the 428ci (gonna be 467ci) on the side of my dad's house in AZ, and keep the 2.2L balt for a DD. I figure I can sell the stock 428 crank for a few hundo. And I could probably sell the old heads and motor that I blew.

Probably take me 6-12months to do it though. That is unless I get this firefighter job.

I will be back in November, so I expect at least one WOT ride along.

 

By november, I promise you a ride up to at least 170 mph

 

Then you'll be out of commission again for 15 months.

In the end, your car will be like the Olympics - running 1 month every 2 years.

 

Thats signature quote worthy!!!!

 

hey man when you get it running i know of a few 600cc's bikes that will race you... =D

 

I ain't racin no damn bikes! I only race guys who can survive a fender bender!