Well all the parts from Holley are in now. New rails and FPR. Should be bolted on in the next day.

FAST EFI getting hooked up and final wiring figured out. Apparently there are 3 wires that aren't marked and no one is quite sure where they go or what they do. Instructions are not helping either.

All 4 wheels should be powdercoated and installed.

Exhaust should be done tmrw... the Stainless Works X-pipe was too wide to make work well without cutting it down so much or having to run a near S-pipe to connect to the collectors and then mufflers. So Jason had a stainless Magnaflow X-pipe at the shop that he used instead that fits mucho better.

Not sure if the IC plumbing will be done by Saturday (not mandatory obviously) but it looks good for a Saturday fire up! You think I am excited?

 

Got some exhaust pics today from Jason. It's a mixture of Stainless Works, Magnaflow, and Spintech. He is gonna pull it up a notch higher for more clearance he said. I think this looks pretty sweet. And yes it will be loud. :_paranoid

 

Looks awesome Flash. You need some electric dumps after the headers with a button on the dash - just in case you want to really scare someone...

 

Ha I like that idea. Heck, I already have a bunch of switches on the center console I could hook that up to.

Thanks for the kind words.

 

A couple different ways to finish the exhaust off here... I think I like the straight down version, and maybe trimming the end of the dump as it looks to hang a bit lower than the rest of the exhaust. Thoughts?

 

Some IC plumbing shots... just gotta get the 4.25" oval to 3" round transition figured out.. We have a plan for that.

 

I think I'm really diggin this look..... "Mad Max" as Jason called it.



And due to Holley not sending their proprietary fitting that no one in the world carries, it will hold up the fire up session planned for this weekend.... It will ship Monday and hoping for a Thursday fire up. The IC may be all done by then anyway... good times!

 

That is absolutely gorgeous!! Just went through the whole thread.. you did a really great job putting it together! I love it.

 

Oh my lord....

 

Appreciate the kind words.

 

Flash, any vid's yet? Figured it's running by now...

 

Hey Dick. I wish! Holley really screwed the pooch on simply sending us the right fitting for the FPR.... Monday they say it will be here Wed (sending 2 day air) and nothing yesterday, nothing today...... finally got a tracking # from them and it says tmrw. Cutting it close but I plan on being there Saturday all afternoon to get it fired and mess around with it.

And I just got my new video cam yesterday so I will be able to get some better/longer video.

Hopefully will have some updates posted this weekend!

 

Good luck Sat. Hopefully see you for a meet or a drive once it's done. You do realize once you are bored of it I will talk you into selling it to me...

 

Thanks Dick. Yes absolutely! We plan to take the car to the Good Guys show end of this month in Pleasanton. Gearhead Garage usually takes a group of their own cars and some customers, so I should be able to join them and get some break-in miles on the new clutch at least.

After I have some fun with it, I may be able to be bought for a reasonable price actually.

I still am working on a good place to park it!

 

When's the Good Guy's show? - I'd trek out to Pleasanton to see it.

Feel free to leave it at my place . There's a `49 Packard and a `56 T-Bird to keep it company in the back garage...