First Start and Go-Kart of my FFR

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Just a couple weeks short of the three-year point in my build, I finally started engine for the first time yesterday. Since it was running pretty well, I decided to take it for its first go-kart run, too.

This is the first engine I've ever built. It started out as a '94 SVT block and head castings to which all new parts were added. It's now a 347 with forged internals (10.5:1), internally balanced (all counter-weight removed from the flywheel and damper), fed by a Holley 650 DP. Trans is an SVT T5 and it has the FFR three-link rear with 3.27 gears.

If anyone is interested in a run to the Fox Valley to check out my build and share their comments, let me know and we can arrange a "garage crawl" as Lee R. called it for a visit to Aurora Airport where I'm doing the build.

Here's the second start when we were adjusting the carb and getting it down to a decent idle:

FFR 7074 Second Start - YouTube

This one is the first go-kart: