Well, my time is coming soon. Been traveling for the entire year and the magic month of December is right around the corner. I take my last trip in a week and I'm done for the year.
As luck would have it, I just took my intake manifold to the Powder Coat joint and get it back next Tuesday. A day or two after that and my bullet will finally be done. I have been in no hurry but as it draws closer I'm kind of excited again about this deal. For those who of you that have forgotten and those of you that never knew, yes, it's been a while, but my hot rod mouse consists of the following.
It's a late eighties four bolt main block that has been fully deburred, magnafluxed, clearanced and decked. It's a four inch bore with a three inch stroke or more familiarly known as a 302. Has a forged tufftrided crankshaft with standard rod and main journals. H-Beam rods with ARP bolts, TRW forged 13.5-1 pistons. Roller camshaft, roller lifters, GM performance aluminum cylinder heads, custom Scoggin Dickey Tuned Port Intake manifold with Arizona Speed intake plenum and runners. Nodular iron flywheel with a Centerforce clutch. Every piece has been ported and polished as well as balanced within a hair of its life. It will run on a combination of E85 and Unleaded race gas. E85 for the bang and race gas for the tailpipe.
OK, I get it, that’s all boring crap you don’t need to know but now you do. Ya know, I have to tell you, I’ve heard all the neighsayers about this combination, how it’s going to run out of breath and every other story. Bulls**t. These motors, even in stock configuration run like motorcycle engines, high winding and incredibly responsive. Yep, if it was 1970 I’d go for the big inch rat motor, it isn’t so I’m not.
Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
I got so disgusted with the belt line mouldings, (window sweeps), that I had to get away from the car for a while. I can’t stand inferior parts passed off as reproduction. I equate this to making a copy of a document but the document copy saying some of what the original did but some paragraphs are changed? Or maybe if the manufacturer of a generic drug changed the formula of the drug but still called it by the trade name. Who in hell would tolerate that? Yes I know, it’s only car parts but that misses the point entirely.
So since all that, there are a couple choices now of correctly beaded, finished and semi finished belt line seals that resemble the originals, or at least for my use, close enough. I’ll likely massage them but they’re more finished than the chopped off versions I took off the car. If you have these, I mean no disrespect. They just don’t work for me.
So that’s it for this installment. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. If you’re in the military or a vet, thank-you for your service. God Bless America. ...
Scott. …
Stay Thirsty my Friends