It's time to tackle a few projects so I will be able to move about in the garage. I've spent a couple years saving and collecting and finally should be able to now do several projects: Engine, ZF5, hydro clutch conversion, (this required getting a new welder, which required running 240v to the detached garage), Cliffy intake, cliffy shorty headers into a Y, into 6--8' of 3" tube, into a flowmaster 50, and single 2.5" out the back, new brake lines, new hydroboost bracket and braided lines($400 ... bucks!), 351 pistons in a new engine, remove the ... ridges in my c.chambers that have been a thorn in my side for 10 years, add 2 more speakers, and install a new carburetor. To do all this I had to buy a trans jack, and an engine hoist, and I plundered driveshafts that should be a bolt in after the zf install. I'm also going to frisbee the cheap ... LMC tailgate. It tweaked a week after a new paint job and the paint flaked in huge pieces where it tweaked. Oh, and the new engine will have ... finally, the Blondie cam, the first 300 cam that produces bottom end umph, and a lope at idle. Ground @ 108 lsa, advanced 4*. Oh, and I nearly forgot. I'm also installing a Saginaw p/s pump with dual return lines for the hydroboost.

As you can see in the last photos, not all electrical work is the same. In this case I started with a 1953 electrical panel. Fun.

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Very very cool!
That's quite a list of projects you have there. I'm looking forward to updates and progress!

 

Please, please, PLEASE post a sound clip of the exhaust when it's all said and done!

cant wait for the turn out when it's all said and done.

Good luck partner.

 

I'll do that. The reason for the exhaust swap was that the long header takes so much space, and they rattle on the frame. Also, I saw on a Summit vid. that long tube headers are for top end performance; whereas shorties accent the bottom to mid range, much like oem manifolds. The shorties are about 1/3 the size, so, should produce 1/3 the heat. And I'm going with a single tube to keep them from rattling. Using the 3" for flow. After 6--8' the gasses should have cooled a bit, and then it will drop down to 2.5 entering the muffler and 2.5" out the back. I think the flowmaster 50 will give it a nice subtle growl.