Hello from West Virginia

I figured you did Your Research! I don't give a hoot if it's not a SS car, it Is A Real Car! I prefer Tribute car, and Once you get her dialed in, and ready to roll, if anybody says anything silly, you can always tell him to take it to the track and line it up! Your FIL had some Serious Class! That's no car for whimps. I wonder what kind of gears are in it? It might be geared pretty deep you can jack up the back and spin the tires by hand while counting the U joint turns to get a close estimate. I'm thinking with the tunnel Rams on there it may have a real radical cam in there too it's hard to say. But the fact that he had extra original parts laying around makes me think he went out of his way to build a monster! Pure speculation of course
I have been trying to learn as much as I can. Great info on the gears, I had no idea you could do that:thumbsup: his friend says there are a lot of radical parts and thinks it would be better track only as the motor sits. I called Ray Barton racing engines in PA today and talked to them. I think it would be good to take it to them, go thru the entire motor and replace everything with new stuff for the street, track etc. and keep all the old race stuff that is in there. Thoughts?