Looks great. I like how the red block, distributor, and wires, tie in together. There is also enough contrast with the clean cast and the black brackets & pulleys add in a nice touch of chrome with the valve covers & intake and whole package looks great. Lots of guys paint everything one color and it rarely looks as good as it could. The distributor being up front is nice. Crane makes a good adjustable vacuum advance put with an advance curve kit and you will be ready to tune it for power.
Did you port out the opening of the exhaust manifold? If you can use 2.5" 2.75" or even 3" out of the exhaust manifold it will not lose as much HP & especially torque to the exhaust system. Even if you use smaller pipe downstream such as the tailpipes. The stock drag racers do this. A simple H pipe about 2' in front of the muffs also saves a few and eliminates any possible drone. You might also consider upgrading to some good salvage yard electric fans to eliminate power loss from the clutch fan. Mark 8 fans are highly regarded as are any mini van fans that have rear air as are some others. Most who do that also upgrade to a newer style alternator as electric fans draw some juice. My GN came with electric fans and I upgraded to dual electric pullers to the cool the 509 down in the Cutlass and it worked great. Did you run a 160 or 180 degree thermostat?
Yes ALL accessories bolted right up to the 350 block, I am completely surprised. I ended ordering a waterpump for the 350. It was so cheap I just replaced it. THe pulleys are from the 350 as well.
The only hiccup I come across so far is the length of the alternator belt. It seems I need a 49" belt, the original 45" is too small.
Yes it was. When I picked up the engine from the seller I saw it laying in the corner. I asked, what are you going to do with it. He said take it!!! Definately took him up on that offer!
You just get a small air powered die grinder and or variable speed drill a couple carbide burrs and bell mouth the exhaust outlet opening to as big or thin as you want to get. Naturally take out any lips lumps or restritions that you can see or reach. Depending on what you can get comfortably you match it to the pipe available. 3" may or may not be doable depending on your manifolds and probably is not worth the effort for this car. 2.75" pipe is sometimes hard to find. But at very least you can easily open it to 2.5" or more so that its slightly larger than your 2.5" pipe.
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