hey guys im swapping out my carbed 305 t5 out of my 85 to swap in a 406sbc, specs are 2 bolt main 400 block bored .30 over, 5.7 rods, 11.1 compression, crank turned .10/.10, AFR heads, Vic Jr intake, Holley 750 dbl pumper, hooker shorties for now, comp cams xr274r solid roller cam.

i know about the starter bolt and flywheel counterweight thing, i believe i have those addressed.

my two questions now are the vic intake doesnt have any vacuum ports, i only have the one on the base of the carb, what do you suggest to do to run my vac advance and my power brakes--vacuum tree of that??

and right now i have an adjustable pushrod on order because i have no idea what length is needed for correct geometry, any guesses? pics as soon as i can get them on my pc

 

forgot im running roller 1.5 rockers

 

Just drill a hole or 2 in the side of the plenum.

Your push rods are going to depend on what lifters you use. There's SO MANY different heights of solid roller lifters, it's impossible to predict.

Just make sure you DO NOT use Comps instructions for determining push rod length. They are WRONG. The correct indicator of correct push rod length, is NOT the location of the winess mark on the valve stem; in fact, it makes NOT THE SLIGHTEST DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER where on the stem the rocker lands. The correct indicator is THE NARROWEST POSSIBLE witness mark. That shows when the rocker's arc is CENTERED on the height of the valve. Find that, then order the next .050" increment shorter of push rod.

 

ok so adjust once its centered to move the least amount back and forth off of center and order .050 shorter?

 

pics as promised

 

couple more

 

hey bud im running a victor jr as well trans dapt makes a crab spacer with and addtional vaccum port on it im using it and seems fine

 

The Vic Jr is more intake than you could possibly need with that cam/engine. A Performer RPM would be quite good enough.

 

yeah i got the vic jr brand new for cheap so its goin on for now, i have a weiand stealth intake layin around too if i want to try it down the road

 

well summit sent me the wrong size pushrod checker so i might just make my own in the mean time , threw in and 8.4" pushrod and checked my witness mark was about .050 and a little of center to the exhaust side of the stem

 

waiting on ups with my 351w .060 pushrods and then ill be able to get the motor in hopefully tonight, will post a video of first start asap

 

WHich AFR heads?

Vic jr is enough intake, but like said above, you can drill into that plenum for a large port and T off that for other accessories, or get a 1/2" spacer and drill/tap a few fittings into that.

 

thier 195's, yeah i tapped the intake for a vacuum tree i had, got her to start today my carb needs alot of adjusting and need to take care of a couple vacuum leaks but happy to have it in and have most everything hooked up, what have you guys done with headers and your ac/powersteering brackets? getting my belts on and cleaning up the harness and hooking the torque arm and driveline is all i really have left

 

heres a crappy video of it running, drove it today it runs good traction could be and issue lol need to buy a standalone fan controller tho as mine doesnt seem to want to turn on through the ecm

 

http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...62841&comments

 

Nice build, say boom t5 :P

 

yeah i think the t5's days are numbered

 

Unless you don't put any more power to it than a 305 can.

Might as well get something else in there before the T5 is worthless.

 

well i figured this fall would be a good shakedown for the motor anything i want to do different i will and swap in a t56 while im at it this winter

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06pqKUsf2QU

heres a cold start, its got more of an overlap sound when it warmed up, hopefully get exhaust on it soon and take some more vids

 

figured i would bring this back to life, ive got corvette spyder wheels on the way along with new billet accessory brackets, new 4779 holley 750, new mini starter, dyno dons headers with dual cat y pipe, magnaflow round race mufflers, tires for the vette wheels, and an adjustable throttle bracket for holley 4150's, next week should be a busy week depending if the headers come in or not but got lots to do besides that, going to unloom the harness and roll back all the wires im not using, wire in my fan controller and delete my ac, ill post pics when the parts come in

 

here some pics of the rims that came in today, the wheel is just sitting in the wheel well

 

http://youtu.be/UPz1GcklbsQ heres a video of the true dual exhaust all tacked up still need to weld it out and build some hangers, motor is running awesome and stays nice and cool

 

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