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07-03-2007, 04:48 PM
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Notice we use aircraft 1/2 high nuts on the mount. We try to save weight everywhere we can.
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07-03-2007, 07:14 PM
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And now, to the HEART of the matter.
Keith Craft Aluminum 427 FE
Shelby Aluminum Block
Scat 4.25 inch stroke crank
482 cubic inches
Aluminum Edelbrock Heads
Stage 2 CNC ported heads
Forged pistons
Edelbrock Performer RPM Heads
Aluminum Flywheel
600+ horsepower
This is how it arrives from Keith Craft
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07-03-2007, 07:15 PM
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07-03-2007, 07:17 PM
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07-03-2007, 07:18 PM
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07-03-2007, 07:20 PM
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07-03-2007, 07:23 PM
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Now it is time to give the motor the one over and make sure everything is OK. We always check the parallelism of the harmonic balancer pulley to the water pump pulley and we found this one was a little bit off. See the cool tool we use to make sure everything is in line? Peter Brock showed me that trick years ago. He told me they were loosing belts during races until someone figured out why.
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07-03-2007, 08:53 PM
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Well, as you can see, my guys are putting the car together faster than I can type and comment. I can see I am going to have to probably do this over 2 cars. We are building an identical one to this one right now. It is in sanding right now. Hey, that gives me an idea...maybe I should do this for sanding and polishing a car as well.
Here is the engine in the car.
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07-19-2007, 05:52 PM
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Finally a few minutes to get back to the assembly manual! Lots of sales this week. Mostly from overseas.
Everyone likes to put the Tremec 5 speed in today. It is WAY better than the top-loader 4 speed transmission. I really don't like to drive the 4 speed cars any more.
To use the Tremec transmission, you MUST change the input shaft to the shorter shaft. Many transmission shops can do this for you...but WHY? When you can have all the fun yourself and convince your wife you NEED to buy MORE TOOLS!!!
So, you have to do a few things to be able to use your brand new TKO 600 tranny. We will start with the input shaft. It is the hardest thing to do and I always start with the hard things first. Kinda like when I start a new Chopin piece on the piano...I alway start with the "Presto con Fuoco"  That way when I am tired I can do the easy stuff.
The first area to address is the input shaft. So, how do I change the input shaft on my Tremec TKO 600 transmission?
Just grab a cold one and I will give you the step by step procedure.
First, take off the input shaft snout. You will need a 1/2 socket for this.
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