[Clois Harlan]

Dan,

Just finished reading all the post and I concur with David. I have seen and listened to his engine at two race tracks and he has a very fine running and sounding small block. My first engine in my Cobra was a small block and it Dyno'd at 335 hp at the rear wheels. Easy mods.

I too bought a late model from a salvage yard that was originally an Fuel Injected model. I took off the Plenium and injectors and threw them away. I took my block and heads to the machine shop and had everything checked and it turned out that all I needed to do to the block was to hone out the cylinders and replace the rings, mains, rod bearings and gaskets. Crank was turned .010 and my rods were resized. I had my heads cleaned up (New Crane springs and roller rocker arms (1.7 : 1 ratio)). Cam was a Crane roller I-476, E-496 lift and I-206-E-214 Duration. Edelbrock Performer RPM manifold and Edelbrock 650 cfm carb. MSD Ignition, Distributor and coil.

Good strong engine and would smoke the tires on demand. I understand it is still running strong.



Clois