Joe
Great to see the progress shots . It is always hard to keep the momentum going after the third year !! Keep at it - the overall end quality will be better than new !
Perc
Looks great! Congrats!
Real progress, looks great! Maybe you will be driving it before the end of this year?
Wow!!! Awesome
@racecarmike posted:Real progress, looks great! Maybe you will be driving it before the end of this year?
that was hoped
BUT, A mix up on the wheels will be a couple months before they come back. (I think they are on a boat to Italy via Panama and the Suez)
speaking of this. . .
Is there 15X7 and 15X8 aftermarket wheels that would work till Campy's come back
MANY years back I got a SS exhaust by Wilkinson (new, second hand).
The shop rebuilding 5177 called to say the driver side is not fitting, interference with gas tank shield and engine mount. (info second hand from Techs through Manager)
My response was it was OK to hammer tubes. I thought I read this has been seen before and forcing tubes would make acceptable.
Is that so OR is there something else?
There was an article in which I believe was in Hot Rod magazine if I remember correctly where they dented some of the primary tubes and it didn’t affect power. They could possibly modify the tubes which would be more work.
Dear JFB,
I have had driver's side header primary interference by the motor mount and gas tank on two sets of GTS headers over the years. On the first set, I discovered years later that the BFH approach was used to obtain suboptimal fitment. With the recent second set, I was smarter and checked with an exhaust expert. His method is to heat the area of interference with an oxyacetylene torch to orange hot and while the steel is relatively soft, then apply a round (various diameters available) to the problem area followed by judicious whacks with a BFH.
The common BFH method applied to cold steel, in my experience, results in a mechanical reduction of ugly appearance. The oxyacetylene BFH and round tool combined with a BFH produces a better esthetic result.
Obviously, not many people will observe such things given the location of the corrections on the primary tubes. Also, my headers were not stainless steel, which may be a important point. It is good to know your options.
Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
I have recently installed two sets of Wilkinson's stainless exhaust and was able to get them into the cars without massaging the header tubes. Instead I used an air file to slightly shave the motor mount and also slightly relocated gas tank shroud. Wilkinson said the he header tube should not touch the shroud and that the smallest of gaps is sufficient.
I did this years ago when Wilkinson first sold these. The answer was as Steve said to shave down the motor mount.
There is a heart beat !
Sniper FI, G Pence's "Boss" cam, closed champer, flat top about 11:1
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Congratulations!
Must be exciting after a long journey!
Would be grateful of the cam specs if there available, is it a stroker? did i read correctly you made 475 ftlb that's great with that idle.
I've actually "lost" the specs I provided for the grind. I think G Pence changed to specs in post. I do not have any output expectaion values.
The restro shop ia suppose to have keep the paper work from the grinder.
That vid is sopposedly the first crank and no tuning done yet, I am interested in idle and vacuum
bore and stroke are still 351
Ok thanks I see it was Larry's post with some dyno numbers
no car Yet, but I got tags and insurance
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That’s great news!
Very nice 🙂🙂
Ah, the advantage of an 8 digit custom plate. No one will understand what it means but......
I got up nerve to make the 7 hour RT.
only had a few minutes to look /talk. I did check the clutch effort. while doable, it could slide me accross the dynamat
After being refurbished by ""ferrari shop" the wheel look great, EXCEPT the color is slightly darker.
And today they sent pics with doors and hoods on. I hope the engine screen will clear a factory air cleaner
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It’s coming together! Are you seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?
PS… From what I am seeing in the pictures, it looks like very nice work!
Congrats!
jfb,
If you're in the area again, you're welcome to stop in. I'm in Greensboro.
Congratulations on all the progress! Looks great!
Just gettin caught up JFB…. Long journey, for sure, but she’s lookin awesome man!!😎👍