64 Polara Gen3 Turbo Build

[usaroadrunner]

8.5 sec geez is that all, lmao. thats flying. i got the stock 6.1 in mine. can i get modern muscle cam to get that lopey idle like that. i love the sound of that.

 

[lxmodguy]

Well its probably capable of mid 7's but I don't want to put a funny car cage in it. I can get you a cam abd get you tuned. I get all my stuff through Dave

 

[Darius]

OOOhhhhhhh that sound awesome. I think some whine will go nicely with that!

 

[Greg Ducato]

That motor sounds great!

 

[lxmodguy]

The motor is here. The chassis shop is going to go ahead and put in the motor for me and check all the drivetrain angles. I still need to send my converter off to Greg Ducato to get it restalled for the turbo combo. Hopefully with a little more luck I will get the back by the end of the month and it will be fire and fuel away from running.

 

[5.7 hemi]

About friggin' time! I thought you were taking a vacation, lol!

 

[lxmodguy]

Well nothing from the motor was off the shelf. It was all basically one off stuff. It takes a while to build that kind of a motor. 4.170 bore by 3.90 stroke was as close to the original 426 bore and stroke as we could get and it took an aluminum block to get there. It will easily make 1xxx to the tires without breaking a sweat. That was a motor worth waiting for.

 

[Greg Ducato]

I'm excited to see this come together for you

 

[lxmodguy]

Thanks Greg, I appreciate all the trans and converter questions you've answered along the way. Btw, I've decided I'm going to turn it down a little bit and get used to it. Then I'll bring you the trans back to fortify it in every way possible.

 

[lxmodguy]

The intake is coming along nicely.

 

[lxmodguy]

Ready to go in

 

[lxmodguy]

Intake almost done

 

[lxmodguy]

Working on little details in the next little bit.

 

[keepat]

That looks nice!! Cool detail!
Pat

 

[Greg Ducato]

Beauty

 

[lxmodguy]

The car is sitting at the chassis shop and will be for another month apparently. It looks like we are going to do a full 25.5 on the cage re-do. Really two things come into play. First, I want to be safe. This will be far and away the fastest car I have ever owned. My life is more valuable to me than the car. Second, I honestly believe the car has far more than 8.5's in it. Once it is all sorted I think I can probably get a 7.xx out of it. I think we are talking about numbers in the 1200-1400 wheel range at 3000# by the time I am done.

 

[lxmodguy]

Officially moving to a th400 and gear vendor. I need the extra holding capacity and the overdrive. Looking for a completely bullet proof setup at 1500 horsepower and torque.

 

[lxmodguy]

Home stretch on the intake manifold

 

[Homstead]

That is one sweet intake! Keep up the awesome work!

 

[lxmodguy]

I got a lot of the trim back from coating. It was a lot of work but it turned out great.