WEll its going back together...slowly but it is, problems with parts not showing up when they need to, backorders and 12 hour work days have put a hamper on it....maybe maybe next weekend it'll get fired...heres the break down on parts

-081's ported to 1205, 3 angled, blended bowls, comp springs, ss valves 1.94/1.50, bronze guides, locks and retainers 3/8 screw ins with guide plates
-comp cam 08-300-8 450/480 206/210 @.50
-comp magnum roller rockers 1.52
-trick flow hardened chromeoly pushrods
-crane lifter
-edelbrock tbi manifold, port matched to heads
-tes headers and ypipe
-ported and polished tbi, injector pod spacer and man/tbi spacer, gold ring delete
-3" catco cat
-all new 3" pipe into a classic chambered 16" powerstick
-a/c delete
keeping from the old combo
-msd helicore wires
-blaster coil
-accel module
-14x4 open element
-accel cap and rotor

HAve a tuning guy he was doing my buddies 89 vert, have done a ton of paint work and cleanup in the bay, running jegs tall valve cover and mocking it up looks amazing, complete change, hoping to start it next week and get her off the stands for whats gonna be a short summer for me

 

killer car man what gears you runnin?

 

will be running either a 3.7x or 3.5x not sure yet, teh rear in here now is on its way out anyway so this oughta take her down, have it planned for early summer after the breakin on the motor is done

 

Add an EBL, Burn1, used laptop, and some 27C256 flash chips to that list to tie everything togather. You will NEED it for those changes. In my experience a set of 1.6:1 roller rockers, headers, and full exhaust is enough to change fuel needs 10-15% alone!

 

yea, i realize its gonna need some work there to get it to run decent, i talked to the guy thats doing the tuning on my buddies vert, he's good, he datalogged and got one real nice tune on his bill mitchell 464, unfortuantely the motor was lost to a catastrophic nitrous run on the dyno, bad casting but before she went they were running well over the 800 horse range, he's messing with my chip now to add some fuel and get it to where i can safely start it and break it in, he is coming over when we start it to be sure and then once its broken in he's gonna do the datalogging and get it up to snuff.....

I'm getting antzy all the accesories and belt drive stuff went on today, valve covers clear the alternator, i liked that, radiator's in and fan, have to fab the a/c delete plate until i find the box, later this week i should have the rest of the exhaust done and the a/c delete pulley in hand, shooting for thur, fri evening to fire her but even if that fails this coming weekend should be time

 

man guys this is so much fun! i think were all becoming good friends now, you all like bros to me.

 

irocbirdbuilder, that combo looks like is should perform really well for you. Please keep posting up as you get it running and tuned. Good luck.

 

Thanks man, i've spent alot of time picking the parts to try to get the most out of it, we'll see what happens, the holdback is emmissions regulations but because of the elevation i can run a little more cam and fuel and whatnot here and there and still have it pass,

GOt the int pipe today full 3" to mat eto teh 3" cat, putting the muffler on with a turndown till its running to where i can take it to the exhaust place and have a 3" "out of site" tail pipe bent up for it.....getting close, cant wait to see how long till the rear end takes a dive, its been making a bit of noise at highway speeds....so i figure if i finsih it off it gives me a real good excuse to replace with deeper gears and a posi

 

I have a very similar set of ported 081 heads ready to go in, but I'm planning a little more aggressive cam than the one you listed. You won't be disappointed with the rear gear swap to 3.73 or 3.5x. Sounds like if you sidestep the clutch on a few hole shots and you'll have a valid reason to make the upgrade!

 

Irocbirdbuilder, how many hours would you guess it took you to complete the mods you listed? I'm assuming you left the motor in the car.

 

I timed myself doing a head/cam/1.6:1 rocker/intake swap on my old 305 in the Van. Took a little over 5 hrs with the proper tools(read AIR) and know how.

 

Wow!, I would be happy if I could get it done in a weekend, however that would be my first time and without any help.

 

I should have mentioned that I am a mechanic by trade. Beating the clock means more money into my pocket.

 

What are you doing this weekend? If you're that fast, we can get the heads, cam, and intake swap done on Saturday afternoon and have all day Sunday to drink beer (all you can drink by the way)!!! Oh crap, you live near DFW. That's a long hoof up to Cheesehead land.

 

mine took about 4.5 months, working 10-12 hour days, ie having to leave the house at 4 am wore on me, plus everything got painted, cleaned replaced the whole nine, fired her this morning through the cat, lasted about 10 mins before the neighbor was threating to call the cops cause it was shaking stuff off her walls didnt even get to break teh cam in, she left so i was gonna set the timing on her and get her going a bit and it wouldnt start due to a burned up relay for the megashifter....again