What guideplates does TFS recommend on those heads, those comps look to be slightly off.

 

My bad, my old setup had self aligning rockers. Iv ran those rockers and guidplates on the 396 for 2 years with no problems. We put a bigger cam in it and did the 24x swap and since everything looked good put everything back together

 

The spacing is likely different. If you're not out of clearance in the head's pushrod slot, just run a set of Isky adjustables to get the alignment back.

Nice looking engine btw. Best of luck with it.

 

I actually just spoke with my engine builder and asked him about it and he said he noticed it and will be getting a set of adjustables for me. Thanks for the input guys

 

Thanks melkor, I tried to do some little things to make my engine different

 

Nice build here. hope you get it running soon.


I noticed you have a VFN SUNOCO hood on your car.
Do you have any pictures of the underside of your hood?
I am doing an intake re-do on my ride and need some clearance to go over the radiator.

 

very nice build i'm on the same path doing the 24x keep us updated

 

Nice build you will love the lt4 power it pulls hard, ours builds are close but a bit different.
glad to see another 396 come to life and breathe LS hate.lol.

 

Everything finally done, up and running. Still needs fine tuned but fired up no problem!!


After first drive

 

 

Looks great! Love the hood. So clean

 

That is one extremely sexy car.

 

Thanks fellas! Iv got a lot of time and $$$ in this thing

 

Post up some more pics! What springs are you running?

 

I'll post some more tomorrow, I'm out for the night. Runnin QA1s with 275lb springs

 

Nice!!

 

Very nicely done!

 

Videos?

 

You ever get this rig tuned?

 

Has it been to the dyno? How about track, ET? horsepower estimate? Very nice build, u can always tell when someone takes the time and money to do it right! Where did u get the pieces for the MTI lid. Watch out when u put the rubber pieces inside that lid the seams will crack and split, happened to me.