Looks great with the tunnel ram. How long before you paint that awful looking timing cover black?

 

HEE HEE Wait till I put the awful looking oil pan on....

What do you think I should do for valve covers?...has to be cheap..
Was thinking something like these.

 

I think they are perfect like they are. If you wanted to dress them up, you could do them in black krinkle finish to cover the red "chevrolet". Hee hee. I like it already.
And please, please, please go with a black distributor cap.
It has to be the opposite of the "dress-up" motors.
Good thing it ain't mine, that tunnel-ram would be flat black, top to bottom ....

 

Well ya got the blacked out intake but the red Bowties stay.

The gold Milodon oil pan and timing cover match the holley/proform carb.

The only chrome is the dipstick, timing pointer and valve cover hold downs.

 

Damn! That's awsome! *wiping tear*. Really makes a statement! You were right about the carb setting off the timing cover. What I gotta do to get the tunnel ram on it? Send ya a couple of side feed Q-jets? The air valves won't open any farther than needed so it won't over-carb it.
How soon till the first video of that "Black Bastad" running?

 

Any chance of this engine will be running this year? Just curious.

 

So when is the spring thaw forecast to happen up there?

 

Well the track
is supposed to open April 5th. The rest is up to Mother Nature.

 

Fbird how did this engine turn out?

 

can i ask the reasoning behind the tunnel ram over something like the vic jr?

 

More power in the critical 4000-6500rpm range. Typically 15 to 30 hp more.
More torque also. (longer runners)
More power and better distribution with nitrous.

Wild visuals.
Got a matching carb set to work with now. Am redoing the fuel system. What a pain.

Got a tranny leak to solve yet also. I hate working on this thing. I waste way too much time helping others solve their issues.

But its coming along.

Twin carter 4594 pumps 144GPM Free flow No regulators required.
twin 3/8" tank pickups and inline filters. 2x 3/8" hardline tank to carb(s).
Nitrous will be fed from the front fuel cell.

New Auburn Posi installed. It's raining out today...

 

Well after flow testing the two pumps on the car it seems one of them actually cranks out 14psi static pressure and will maintain 13psi flowing thru a .097" orifice.
So it will need a fuel pressure regulator to tame it down. Not a problem.

The other pump is working as designed @6psi static and a steady 4psi flowing 47GPH flowed thru a .110" holley needle/seat assembly.
So the one pump, by itself should easily support this motor's fuel demand.
Thru two.110" needle/seat assemblys of a 4bbl or 4 using dual carbs.
Going to modify the Edelbrocks for dual fuel inlets.
Scored a AFR meter (narrowband) today to aid dialing in the tunnel ram carbs idle and cruise calibration and help keep tabs at least on the N20 tune up..

 

Man, when you gonna birth that baby?
We want video!!
~chanting~
vi-de-o....vi-de-o....vi-de-o....

 

Somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The Junkyard Dog got sold.

But I got another block, crank and 2 more 416 heads to do it again.

 

Well, I'm bummed out but I understand. It's like the '70 model Firebird Esprit that my dad handed down to me with 245,000 miles on it. It had a 2 barrel carb on it and the first thing I did was put a 4 barrel intake off a 400 with Q-jet on it. It picked up 2 miles per gallon highway and ran like a spotted ape.
The guy that bought it off me got tired of being beaten by a 3-speed stick with a "stock" engine!
Let us know when you start on "Junk Yard Dog II".

 

Yes keep us updated on build 2.