Better deals than the Red Deer swap meet. Pretty much retail here.
Good score!
Good score!
BUILD THREAD “The Juggernaut”
- Thread starter Rktpwrd
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As usual Donovan, you do your research. The original BBO Performer is surprisingly good, actually closer to a RPM than the one on my 403, which more or less a stock intake in aluminum. The SBO version actually has smaller runners than the factory iron. Whether it runs faster than a Performer is the question. On a milder 455, even the Edelbrock RPM air gap, it didn't gain much on thedyno. Mark thought it might be the small plenum and a spacer might help or was just too mild a motor. I think the early Crosswind had issues, kind of like the early Procomp/Speedmaster heads. The later ones had much fewer issues. It will look more modern and won't cost power, which is important. Another huge bonus and wish a SBO version existed, bosses to easily convert to SEFI. Mine cost me $900 US to convert my RPM. And yes, Procomp sold rail kits for that intake for SEFI.
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Hahaha, nope I’m good!
What Cauterize is referring to here is the previous owner/seller had a loop of vacuum hose running underneath the runners connecting the two vacuum ports together when I got it. Completely useless and ridiculous. I dunno, maybe he just ran out of plugs to put in them.
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Thanks Duke.
Went into work on a Sunday today to use the blast cabinet to clean up the swap meet intake. As I figured, it cleaned up like brand new.
I’ll probably de-uglify it by cutting off some of the unused bosses, threaded holes, casting and parting lines etc before I go to use it, but for right now it looks much better.
Since I was at work anyways, I decided to take a couple of extra minutes to bolt the casters on the finished rotisserie pieces as well. They’ve been there the whole time, I’ve just never had the chance to get them on yet.
Still waiting for Mike to get his azz in gear and get the rest of the pieces finished off, then at least it’ll be a complete assembly and ready to go for when I need it.
Manifold looks killer already. And how lucky you are to be able to store stuff like that at work. I used to be able to do that and it was very helpful. Don't have that kinda room at home. Sometimes I miss working. Sometimes. Lol 😆
Looks like you could make that intake EFI ready pretty easy! That'll really wake up the 455!
Yep, as noted but I forgot to mention, are the cast in bungs above the runners. As pointed out, they could be used for either SPFI or nitrous oxide injection.
Neither of which I’m ruling out over the long term. 😏
Donovan, going back in time here. I recently found out that mounting belts that far away from the seat isn't a great idea. I'm not a physics major but it has something to do with leverage and length of belts that during a collision applies more force AND due to the stretch of excessive belt length, can cause the seat to actually buckle and collapse causing great bodily harm. Saw pictures of the collapse with belt mounting as you have. If wanted I can find article or video for you. I know it would be a royal pita to change what you have but for safety sake I feel that you should do some digging into this issue.
I recall the anchors were @ the rear seat firewall.
Is that for front seat 5/6 point harnesses? Well there is no back seat, so must be. The biggest thing to watch out for is the height of the anchor, it needs to be +/- an inch or so from the top of the driver's shoulders. Too low and you crush your spine in a wreck, too high and you're not held down in a rollover. With such a long run of harness, I would also be concerned about excessive stretch. Competition harnesses are designed to stretch in a wreck, that's the only give in a race car. No crumple zones, no airbags, etc.
