The 70 going through some changes

[fleming23]

Here is a build thread of sorts as I am putting the 70 under the knife for some mechanical & cosmetic changes.

I put a Yearone crate 350 in the car around this same time last year and while it is plenty potent for an iron headed small block, somehow it just wasn't what this car needed. Did some prodding around online and came close to buying a motor from a builder in Colorado when I started talking to Bill (Billscamino) who is pulling his freshly built 496 out to put a 396 in its place. Knowing what when into his motor, who assembled it and the fact that it was local sealed the deal.

Part list;
454 - 4 bolt main, bored +.060" over.
Probe Forged rotating assembly

Mike Lewis built AFR 290 heads
Mike Lewis custom ground hydraulic roller cam
RPM Air Gap intake (port matched $$)
Morel Lifters
Comp Ultra Pro Magnum 1.7 Rockers
Pro-Systems 1000HP Carb
Stewart Aluminum High Flow water pump
3" Magnaflow X-Pipe exhaust
Doug's 1 7/8" - 3.5" Ceramic Coated Headers
& all the miscellaneous stuff that goes along with a SBC to BBC swap

Car currently sits on 225/70-14 SS wheels which barely get traction with 311 rwhp so those will have to go.

I placed a call to Specialty Wheel to have some 15x10 SS replicas made (also ordered 15x7 fronts) to hopefully get some rubber & traction behind the new power plant. I came very close to changing the wheels over to Billet Specialties Street Lites, running skinny fronts & drag radials in the back but decided I wanted to try to keep the factory appearance as much as possible. Unfortunately, I'll probably put BFG Radial T/As on the car as I really want the raised white letter look so traction will still suffer but hopefully not nearly as bad as with the 14" wheels/tires.

While I was at it I ordered an HRParts Anti-roll bar which will replace the UMI Front & Rear sway bars currently on the car. Everyone seems to be very pleased with the performance from the HR ARB so I look forward to putting it to good use with all this new found torque!

That's about it for now....

Finally some proper muscle behind the Green Beast! Should easily make over 600 crank horsepower with this combo while maintaining 9.5:1 compression and working A/C.