Slant 6 bolt on's!
Bill , boy that is one sweet lookin engine, got to love the turbo
Thanks for the kind words. We have had an uphill battle with this install as we have not only had to build the ENGINE, but the car as well.
By that, I mean, the car we put it into was a grandma's 1964 Valiant 4-door that was sitting out in a vacant lot, and hadn't been driven for FIFTEEEN YEARS, so everything on the car was worn out, deteriorated over time, or just wrong for our purposes, so we had to replace EVERYTHING with the kind of parts that were appropriate for our application (drag racing.) That included replacing the engine, front suspension with tubular upper control arms and disc brakes, installing a B-body 8,75" rear end, Cal-Trac bars, a "bastard" torque converter, 4 new shocks, a new 7290 u-joint drive shaft, a new aluminum radiator, electric fan and water pump, a complete fuel system with a fuel cell and 3/8" line and an electric fuel pump, removal of the complete interior with the addition of two "racing bucket" seats, and a roll bar... the windshield, an intercooler, and a fiberglass, pin-on, hood.
Plus, there was a lot of body work (some, dealing with rust) that needeed to be done before the car could be painted....
So, just building an engine (a monumental task in itself, for two old guys whose combined age amounts to over 145...) was not the bulk of our work schedule. Then, I ended up having a toe amputated; that slowed me down, and the fact that the car is at Fredddie's garage, which is a 70-mile round trip from MY house, didn't help...
So, there are many reasons why this "exercise" has been a slow one...
But the car is now ready for paint, and the engine is "finished," By that, I mean, the cam is broken-in and the engine is ready to run at the strip.
Now, comes the proof of the pudding... LOL!
We still have to add the fuel pump and line and do some wiring, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel... we just hope it's not the headlight on a locomotive... :oops:
BTW I'm the idiot in the white coat, in the picture...