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Very new to the forum and already found my favourite build thread :D

Awesome build up.

Transmission cooler going in…

While at West End Motorsport…

While the engine bay and air intake was being re-painted…

Yeh sounds pretty nice. Running a 3,000 stall also so it sounds after than what it really is haha

Yeh I know, but if i go that far, ill turbo it also and go all out.

VIDEO: Start up…

Never looked down the manifold to check it haha…

Yeh, LS is the go, but a tough 355 carby just screams tough. Depends. This may stay as is and ill work on another project for all out power.

Yeh, 253’s can get up and go if modded right.

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Possibly go stroker 355 but will leave it carby. If I ever went big power combo I think id join the LS + Turbo brigade.

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Apparently the vehicle was modified by HDT originally. 4bbrl “Brock” manifold, Quadrajet Carby.  I got the plates with the car and h…[Read more]

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Possibly go stroker 355 but will leave it carby. If I ever went big power combo I think id join the LS + Turbo brigade.

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Apparently the vehicle was modified by HDT originally. I got the plates with the car and have just kept them. They have been…[Read more]

The engine bay…

At West End Motorsport getting the engine installed…

Engines in…

Tight squeeze with the TH400…

New booster and Master cyl…

All finished…

Broke down on the way home…

The block waiting to be prepped…

Decked block…

All parts prepped before assembly…

Heads stripped and rebuilt…

Re-surfacing heads…

CC’ing heads…

Heads copped the full treatment…

Inlet manifold got some treatment also…

Almost ready…

Back from the painters…

Off to the painters for the bay…

On the road to recovery…

When I removed the engine many years ago. Sat on this stand for years…

This is how far I took the car back. Stayed like this for many years and lost motivation at this point due to lack of funds and other issues.