Bill, Congrats on bringing the beast to life! That's got to be one of the best feelings in the world!
You say you have Hooker Super Comp headers, so do I. I was wondering if you have any ideas regarding getting an alignment - I'm sure you noticed how one of the passenger side header tubes goes right over the top of the upper control arm making it impossible to get a wrench on the bolts. I have this fear the shop I take my Elky to will have "Bubba" leaning over my beautiful front fender with his Elvis buckle scratching it all to hell! I also don't want to remove the passenger side header just to get an alignment... Any thoughts or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. cYa- Herb Lumpp 1966 El Camino, LS6, 6 spd ACES 3509 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Vander Werf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chevelle list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:45 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] The 71 runs!!! > I finally got my 71 together enough to start the motor. I built a pretty > stout .030 over 454, (it's now a 460) for it and finally got it in, > wired and the plumbing done. It's got an 850 Holley double pumper carb, > an Edelbrock Performer RPM air-gap manifold, ported oval port iron heads > with a 3 angle valve job, a MSD ignition system from a 6AL box to the > billet distributor, a complete hydraulic roller cam setup from Crane > including gold race aluminum roller rockers (.587 intake lift, 226 > duration @ .050, .610 exhaust lift, 234 duration @ .050) and 10 to 1 > forged Speed Pro pistons on polished rods with everything balanced and > held together with ARP fasteners and the exhaust dumping through Hooker > Super Competition headers. All this is connected to a built Turbo 400 > and a Moser 9" rear with 3.89 gears. > > It started on the first crank and filled the garage with the sweet smell > of burned 110 octane.......mmmmmmm. I was only able to run it for a > minute or so before I realized that the line on the old oil pressure > gauge I was using to monitor it was about as old and decrepit as I am > and I got hosed down with 30w oil. That will make you shut one off in a > hurry. > > What I was able to hear in the short time it ran sounded great though, > and after I cleaned up the mess, both on the car and myself, I decided > to walk away from it until tomorrow. > > Fortunately it has a roller cam so I don't need to break it in. I can go > right to setting the timing and adjusting the carb. > > The car has been about a year and a half in the works but it won't be > long now before I'm standing on the loud pedal going down the local > dragstrip.......Yee Haa. > > Bill Vander Werf ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]