So the big news of this past week is that my engine arrived!
It took Me and my friend Chip about an hour to get it uncrated and on the stand…
Few interesting items that make this a non-standard engine, never offered in any car.
It looks like this oil pan is too deep… it will hang about 1.5″ below the frame rails. Dangerous stuff and not something I’m prepared to risk. So this pan will have to go. I’ve already got a line on a new pan that will work well with this car.
My new headers and sidepipes arrived. They are all T-304 stainless made by a company called Gas-N Performance Products. The headers are not polished as it doesn’t maintain very well in the long run.
The sidepieps, however, are polished to a very high standard. Yes, they are beautiful.
