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Originally Posted by 450HP
Very nice price on a very nice car!
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Originally Posted by Ms Grumpy
Wow... Nice car.
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Thanks! We've had time to thoroughly check out the engine. It's been gone through, as it has some domed pistons in it, and the 041 heads are a '68 vintage (I looked them up, they were cast in '68-70), along with the cam, intake, etc. We picked out a modern cam grind last night, got it ordered up. We also picked up a Performer RPM intake from a small auto swap meet at one of the speed shops yesterday for $60, already bead blasted. There was also a brand new one for $100, but we passed in the spirit of lower price.
It'll be interesting to get this engine running properly, see what it'll really do. I'm going to throw on a good used set of Flowmaster mufflers today. The Cherry Bomb turbo mufflers on it now have center inlets and outlets, which moves the muffler over away from the driveshaft a few inches, and also moves them down a bit due to the floorpans. The Flowmasters I have are side inlet and outlet, which should allow the muffler to move inboard where it needs to be for much needed ground clearance. Not fun scrapin' mufflers goin' down the road. Right now, there's only about 3" under the mufflers without me and my boy in the car. Probably half that with us in it.
