str8upchevy

Well, I finally got my new wheels mounted and balanced and put on the car last week. Then I went and picked up my new small block 406 from the machine shop yesterday and decided to do a Mock-up to see what it will look like all together. (Well, sort of)

I decided to do the Exterior last so it's going to look like Poop for a little while longer. Anyway here it is with the new wheels/tires, and also a few pics of the motor on the engine stand.



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The Data Sheet claims it's suppose to make 420 HP at the flywheel........(Keep in mind this was a buget build. I got the complete balanced long block with end pieces and timing set for $1800) Engine specs are listed in post #3.




















I'll post some more pictures after I get it dropped in the car!

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Ak. Mal

Nice. Although I suspect you might have some hood clearance issues. What are the specs on the engine?

str8upchevy

Yeah, I'm glad I decided not to buy a cowl hood for it. Actually cutting the hole in one of these hoods is really easy because of the way it tilts back. There's no need for cutting extra space because it lifts almost straight up.

406 Engine Specs are as follows....... .030 over 400 block (2 bolt studded) Virgin 400 Crank, 5.7" Pink Rods, ARP Bolt Kit, Rod Bolts have a 45 degree angle grind on the cam side of the bolt head, Clevite bearings, Keith Black forged pistons (10.5:1 ), Moly rings, custom grind Hyd cam .520/lift 270/Duration, Ported & Polished 69 Corvette Heads, Manley Swirl Polished 2.02/1.60 Valves, High Rev Springs, Thin wall bronze guides, 1.5 roller tip rockers, PRW Flex Plate & Balancer.

There's a double roller timing set in there now, but I decided at the last minute to go with a "Quiet" gear drive. It's also been completely balanced so it should turn 6000 without any problems. The next time I save up some extra money, the first thing I'll be buying is a good set of aluminum heads. Something that will really let this 406 breath.

(Oh yeah, it has a Weiand Tunnel Ram w/dual 450's. I'm just happy I get to run 92 Octane from the pump)

Buffalo Dude

brs6482

Ummm....what kind of mileage you gonna get with that monster? Looks like a beast, cant wait to see it in thre.

Evmcevil

Awesome!!!

Glassbowtie77

dannyman

WOW! Looks awesome! I am so envious!!

On a side note, I know how diffficult it is in some places to dispose of old beat up stuff. Like those old wheels, in the background! You ship them to me and I'll get rid of them for you!

markbett

Are you trying to compensate for something? Looks Big!

Good luck

Ron R

I believe we measure these in "gallons per mile", not miles per gallon.

Ron R

All of us with the later C3's are trying to compensate for something - we're compensating for a lack of HP!

Silver-80

BB72

At 420hp ...you might as well put on a Victor Jr and get the same HP and not cut your hood and get a lot better gas mileage. It will fit.

Glass Act

Great choice on rims, looks awsome

spedaleden

Rims are nice. There is aother forum member that has the same look, but his car is yellow. My son is trooling over that engine. Keep the pics coming.

Gordonm

That motor sure looks impressive but with those heads and that cam the tunnel ram is way overkill. It is not going to be much fun in the lower rpms and if you are not going to spin it above 6000 rpm the tunnel ram is not the best choice. If you are mainly going for the killer look you have got it hands down. Performance wise a good dual plane with a 650 to 750 carb is going to make more usable HP with your combo.

MotorHead

Nice What color are you going to paint it ?

Here I lowered it shaved the flares and painted it Dark Claret, hmmm starting to look familiar

str8upchevy

When a person goes to this extreme, they're usually not someone who's even thinking about gas mileage. As far as I'm concerned, there's way more to life than gas mileage!!!

Funny you mention that, I just sold those wheels and tires today!

I can't help but laugh everytime I hear that expression about Corvette owners. I'd love nothing more than to prove just how stupid it really is,.....but, I don't think they would allow me to post my proof.

I just love how people are always telling me what I should and shouldn't do to my own car. I wouldn't have bothered spending the money on a tunnel ram if I wanted to go that route. And cutting my hood will be very easy for me to do......it's not like this is some specialty Corvette and I'm destroying something important. If I decide to go with a single manifold down the road, I'll buy a 2" cowl hood for it.

What lower RPM's? I'm running a 9.5" 3000 Stall Converter. I don't think I'll have any problems what-so-ever with my lower RPM range. I appreciate the advice, but you nailed it right on the head when you mentioned the "Killer Look" thing. Besides, I really don't think I'll have much of a problem blowing the doors off a few Rustangs!

There's actually a whole list of things I would have done differently had I been going for performance alone. In a nutshell, I'm building an "Attention Getter" with some *****,....which is why I decided to go with the geardrive instead of running the roller. This is going to be street car 99% of the time. Now I'll probably take it out to the track once or twice just to see what it will run, but for the most part, I'm just having fun with it!

"HOLY COW"

OMG Wayne, that is just too cool,........now I have a better idea of what it will look like. (especially with the flares shaved down. I'm actually sticking with Black on the color. I remember seeing a White 80-82 that was lowered and had a 6-71 Blower & BDS Scoop, (this was back in 1986) and ever since then I've wanted to do something similar in Black.

Obviously I can't afford to do the blower thing right now, but I have every intention of making it as close to the picture in my head as possible! Man, thanks again for taking the time to photoshop and post that picture!!!

Thanks a lot for all the comments guys.

BB72

Well, really my point was if your going to stick something out of your hood, make it worth some HP. But if you don't mind bad gas mileage, a hole in your hood and a terrible view then go for it. I think a blower would look much better, thats just me. But if it doesn't work for you ...oh well. I'm going to get knocked for this comment I'm sure... aren't tunnel rams so 70's?!?! I do think your motor looks great though.

Ak. Mal

I apologize for the crappy photoshop, just my attempt. If the color is off, it's because I'm using a new laptop and can't figure out how to adjust the screen colors in Vista.