sorry I had company this late.
mine is a 72 corvette block with 67 corvette aluminum heads, 4 bolt, studs top and bottom an L88 copy

haven't looked at the plugs yet , should be the same as any other bbc the headers aren't in the way here. when this engine was in my 68 camaro I was surprised how much easier it was to do the plugs compared to a small block, every thing is spaced out better


Ive cut the cowling back to the windshield the width of the engine. looking at different intakes , weiand team g dominator, edelbrock c454 dominator , and china team g? with 4150 flange. trying to keep the carb low, and don't have a dominator
fi is not an option for me

ulakovic22, how is your steering arm clearance? and how low is your headers?

 

Steering shaft clears just fine because the headers loop back behind it. Another set of headers might call for the shaft to go in between 1 and 3 primaries though. Headers aren't any lower than LT1 headers.

 

up date joe ???

 

 

OH MAN THAT IS CLEAN
mines gonna look like stinky, no where near that nice
damn-good job, have you driven it yet?

 

I have driven it for about 10 min to a local car show (won best engine). I still need a front end alignment and work out some of the bugs.

 

what kind of hood is that Joe ?

does the front feel heavy?

 

It is the Big Block Hood or stinger. The front does feel a little heavy.

 

Well have my first problem. Car is overheating bad when I drive it for about 10-15 minutes, the temp gets to about 220-225.

Any ideas out there???

thanks

 

water wetter??

I need to see this thing. Im local, what shows do you go to?

 

what kind of radiator? is it lean, or vacuum leak?
how thin are the cylinder walls? has it been run much?
I had a rhs 406 that boiled over 4 times before it really broke in

 

Any new info? Cooling problems solved? Great looking engine bay by the way! Thanks

 

sorry its bin a while, figured out the overheating the radiator was too small. So today I ordered a custom double pass one from griffin. I also am switching my QA1 springs to 325 because teh 275 are too soft. Any othe rinfo i will let you know.

 

Make sure and please post on the results of the radiator. I am fighting an overheating problem on my 383 and want to know if a new radiator is in the picture.