Engine is complete!!

The finished product ready to drop in.

Final specs are:

67 289 block bored .030 over. ARP main studs, ARP Wave-Loc rod bolts
66 C60E 54cc heads shaved .030 with screw-in studs, guide plates, 1.94/1.6 valves, 3 angle valve job, teflon seals, bronze guides, double springs with damper, CAT 1.6 roller rockers, Comp cams hardened pushrods and ARP head bolts. Heads are fully ported and polished
Victor Jr intake ported and gasket matched
Holley 4778 700cfm dbl pumper
Elgin E952P solid cam. 298/308 adv duration, 238/248 @.050, .512/.536 lift 112 lobe seperation
KB11630 .200 Dome Hyperutectic pistons (approx 12.5:1 compression with .040 head gasket, total quench area .040. Pistons are dead on top of bore)
Sealed Power plasma rings
Duraspark II Ignition 12 degrees initial 14 degrees mechanical all in by 3k

From another angle

It's a little hard to see but if you look close you can see the piston dome through the spark plug hole. After final torgue there is about .040 quench which should give me approx 12.5:1 compression

Here is the electric fan motor that I removed from the blower assembly being put to good use

I modified the original alternator bracket so I could use it for the pump motor. The picture doesn't do it justice, it looks factory original

Decided to paint the tranny aluminum and used Ford red on the bellhousing

From another angle

Here are the 10" TCI 3500 stall converter and 4.62 Richmond gears ready to go in next

This is what it looked like when I started

And now

Still have quite a bit of detailing to do but it's almost there

Here is my new ProForm main body carb. I can already tell a big improvement in idle quality and throttle responce over the Holley 700cfm. This ProForm body is said to flow about 830-900cfm. It comes with 4 corner idle, removable air bleeds, downleg boosters etc. Can't beat the deal for $99

I didn't want to spend a lot on a carb restore product to get the carb looking nice. So, I simply used a nice light gold rattlecan to dress it up a little.

I did have to change the primary throttle shaft because my 700 body had the older bell crank style linkage. On the secondaries I just removed the lever arm and fabricated a new one.

Since the last update, I have changed over to a Duraspark II ignition system and added an Accel Supercoil. Timing is locked out at 36 degrees

The cowl hood is now functional. I built this carb pan to mate with the hole in the hood

The hood seals to the carb pan with this rubber seal.

Carb now seals and sits flush with the hood opening. All of the cowl air has no option but to shoot down the carb

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