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Or you could put a D shackle through one of the manifold bolt holes attach a chain to it and a cargo ship could use it as a new anchor! fark them cast iron jobbies are heavy!!!!!!!!

That's why each clevo rocker cover has flats stamped into it. It's actually a step to put your feet on either side while standing on top of the engine to lift the bastard off. Those engineers sure are smart!

Or you could put a D shackle through one of the manifold bolt holes attach a chain to it and a cargo ship could use it as a new anchor! fark them cast iron jobbies are heavy!!!!!!!!

Or you could put a D shackle through one of the manifold bolt holes attach a chain to it and a cargo ship could use it as a new anchor! fark them cast iron jobbies are heavy!!!!!!!!

If you have the means to put the flange on the edge this would be great. Will give a flatter result at the end. Be aware there is quite a bit of shaping in that area, not just a flat bit of steel. Check the pics in my shop thread of when I made the filler for the green van. I tried to show how much curve is in them.

If I was to have a crack at it i'd make the piece up 10-12 mm over size and run a flange tool around the edge of the piece and bring it in from the inside.
would sit pretty much flush with just a small edge to fill on the outside. Your chosen panel bond will probably ooze out and with a bog  applicator smooth it of to fill the gap. Whatever is left is sand and fill with normal filler. What might bite you is if there is a bit of shape in the quarter and it will want to sink a bit. The flanged edge might help or possible make it worse.

Yeah not sure I'd be game to ride shotgun during a power skid. LOL. In saying that GM's the best in the business and you'd be in good hands. He did say himself before hand on Saturday's run its the hardest thing to do as it can go bad in a second. I'll keep that in mind Rob if he's up this way again be cool to have a yarn and maybe a ride even if it was just a cruise lap.

Mate let me know and Ill make a ph call then all you have to do is go introduce yourself. Deb Gary and Jake are all very approachable and normal like us all . Wouldn't be the first time I hooked a brother up.

Yeah not sure I'd be game to ride shotgun during a power skid. LOL. In saying that GM's the best in the business and you'd be in good hands. He did say himself before hand on Saturday's run its the hardest thing to do as it can go bad in a second. I'll keep that in mind Rob if he's up this way again be cool to have a yarn and maybe a ride even if it was just a cruise lap.

You pair should of told me I could of hooked ya up with ride.

For a old bloke he can steer...

Man that power skids takes some nads. They are pulling serious speed

Exhaust plans are the extractors in the pictures with the collector modified to have a short section probs 6-8 Inches long. I need an o2 port on the inside of this section of tube for the AEM o2 sensor, then one on the outside for the dyno sniffer. Easy access for the dyno sniffer is a priority.
After that short section of 3.5" I'll weld on the v band and that will provide the attachment point for the 3.5" to twin 2.5". I'll run twin 2.5 the whole way to the back of the car, over the diff and through the old fuel tank location. Then twin exits through the rear valance. Should sound sweet.
 
Edit: just got back from Springmount raceway for the last day of Northern Nats. Man I want to be a part of that action. Went for a ride in mates 427 blown XY 'never phased'. Oh yeah I'm keen.

Yeah mate. Big re-structure coming at the end of the financial year so I should have more time on the corty and other projects.

Robs only missing mopar bits in his engine. Fix that and he'll be repping bits from all the big manufacturers. LOL

Robs only missing mopar bits in his engine. Fix that and he'll be repping bits from all the big manufacturers. LOL

Looks good mate! You have been busy!

That's some impressive looking gear right there!

After a big chat with Mick at Northside carbs and weighing up the cost benefit of webers over efi I decided to go efi.
I can tune it without expensive jets
I have the ecu and loom already
I have the swirl pot already
It will have a big crack to it
I might lose some HP up top but I'll get more mid torque
I can sell my webers to recoup the spend
I can confidently hit my intended HP target
 
All good things

Been nearly an hour since the big announcement hurry up and spill the beans already farking!!!!!

Been nearly an hour since the big announcement hurry up and spill the beans already farking!!!!!

Holy crap just looked through this thread and the chicks dad should never be allowed to work on a car ever again! Dash has more lights and switches than a nasa space mission! Good starting point for a project none the less. I'd start with wiring and dash. Rip everything out and start again. It'll be easier than sorting that abomination. Probably easier to go an aftermarket ecu to get it running right.

Sorry if this offends anyone but I'm going to say it anyway. LOL. Slotters belong on xw's and xy's and even then there are probably 1000 different wheels I'd put on them too before slotters. Sorry but just not a fan of em. I'll go get my flame suit on now before it starts to get to hot.LOL

Gee. I've been bush for four days with no phone or internuts. It's been busy in here.
 
The target for this engine is well over 400hp at the crank. I honestly believe that this is attainable based on the flow figures, cam and compression. I'm pretty much all over theoretical HP calculations and all the stuff you read. THOR is right on the optimum numbers that all my mentors talked about. These are men that have built way more engines than I and who live, eat and breath engines.
 
Old faithful has way less cylinder head, camshaft and comp and pumps 260@the tyres thru a 3500 stall. At the end of the day it will make what it makes.
 
Yes Dave - this is going in the corty drag car. It will be a stripped out, dedicated drag car. I make no apologies for running it in such a car. It's what I want to do and to me a light corty makes a lot of sense.

Who cares whats in there TBH as long as it hauls ass and stays in one piece it doesn't matter how or whats in there to make it all work!