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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 08:16 PM
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Shovv LMK when you are making your first journey. Should be close to my first it seems. Stabbing my motor in mid november then getting Ruben to start tuning after Rowdy exhaust
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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 08:24 PM
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Right on man. Your build is going to be pretty sweet
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So 1/2 rods? Lol
I've used up to 9/16" .200" wall in power adder applications!
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Old Oct 28, 2015 | 11:04 PM
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You ever get any dyno numbers, or track results?
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Na not yet. Still Need a few things, but the I'll drop the motor in the car hopefully this weekend.
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Na not yet. Still Need a few things, but the I'll drop the motor in the car hopefully this weekend.
Can't wait.... good luck!
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Old Oct 29, 2015 | 05:54 PM
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Me either man. Thanks
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Drivetrain is out. Quick simple green clean up and power wash to clean it up tomorrow.

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Drivetrain is out. Quick simple green clean up and power wash to clean it up tomorrow.


Any updates?

I want to hear this thing!
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Old Dec 5, 2015 | 02:27 AM
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In for updates , too!
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results?

I believe you like polished metal!
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Small update.

Got the motor and drivetrain back in the car. I'm proud of the fact I pulled the whole d/t on my slab, with a single jack and 2 jack stands. I'm slightly annoyed he engine dropped in so easily though lol. It literally took about 30min from the time I hooked it up to the hoist, until it was sitting in the engine bay bolted down to the cradle.


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Anyway, ran into a small issue when one of the rail hold down bolts stripped the threads out of the head. Other than pulling the head off for a repair everything is going real smooth.

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Old Dec 13, 2015 | 09:02 PM
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Well, decided to go a different route with the car. Sold the FRH ported FAST setup, and I'll be going with a FRH ported Holley Hi Ram combo, as well as a different spec'd solid roller
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Well, decided to go a different route with the car. Sold the FRH ported FAST setup, and I'll be going with a FRH ported Holley Hi Ram combo, as well as a different spec'd solid roller
I was thinking of doing the same.
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Old Dec 23, 2015 | 06:45 PM
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What are you building?
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What are you building?
solid roller ERL 434
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Nice. Need a cam and spring kit?
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Nice. Need a cam and spring kit?
No, I have everything I need...just thinking about getting rid of the ported FAST to get a bit more rpm out of this combo.
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