That's the GM intake on my '56 LT1 iron head engine.
The aluminum had Vette engine that I bought had the bolts cut off in the heads apparently and the heads redrilled for a regular 1986 back intake. The coment was that those heads wouldn't line up on the Vette engine with the regular SBC intake. I'll have to do a gasket check. I noticed that LT1 dislike.
A few years ago a friend bought 150 LT1's (so he told me). He drove transport truck and bought them from a place in the US where they consolidated warranty replacements from dealer ships. He sold half of them to a trucker that helped haul them for what he paid for all of them. I bought the last two long blocks, for $200 and an Imp spoiler. One had a spun bearing, one looks like antifreeze in the oil. It's a great story, true or false. I think it's true
So I didn't have a good enough crank for the one, so I put the whole rotating assy out of a 1978 Caprice wagon (got it for free). That should drop the compression to about 9.5. New rings and bearings, and a seal adapter $200. Used Hot cam from the guy I bought the block from $125. New springs and retainers and machined down guides $150. GM intake at Summit $278. Coated SS headers and 3" Imp exhaust from another Imp guy $500. I look forward to listening to it run. It think it should go 13's. I'll work on it all winter, unless I get distracted by the LT1 Malibu project.
The aluminum had Vette engine that I bought had the bolts cut off in the heads apparently and the heads redrilled for a regular 1986 back intake. The coment was that those heads wouldn't line up on the Vette engine with the regular SBC intake. I'll have to do a gasket check. I noticed that LT1 dislike.
A few years ago a friend bought 150 LT1's (so he told me). He drove transport truck and bought them from a place in the US where they consolidated warranty replacements from dealer ships. He sold half of them to a trucker that helped haul them for what he paid for all of them. I bought the last two long blocks, for $200 and an Imp spoiler. One had a spun bearing, one looks like antifreeze in the oil. It's a great story, true or false. I think it's true
So I didn't have a good enough crank for the one, so I put the whole rotating assy out of a 1978 Caprice wagon (got it for free). That should drop the compression to about 9.5. New rings and bearings, and a seal adapter $200. Used Hot cam from the guy I bought the block from $125. New springs and retainers and machined down guides $150. GM intake at Summit $278. Coated SS headers and 3" Imp exhaust from another Imp guy $500. I look forward to listening to it run. It think it should go 13's. I'll work on it all winter, unless I get distracted by the LT1 Malibu project.
