The Poly has been removed....

[65RoadRacer]

What a day it was on Friday....
I have the new engine built, and needed to take the engine/trans out so I can ship the trans out for some high performance components to be added. It was a long day and other than a couple of hickups, the engine and trans are out and they are now separated, pending a divorce.

The trans gets a close ratio planet set from Performance Automatic and when it comes back the new union goes into the car - but not before I get the firewall smoothed out and the engine compartment blasted and painted (probably a charcoal gray). I'll make new brake lines to go with the new Baer Master Cylinder, and then rewire the car (again) with Ron Francis Wiring. Going to be a busy summer!

 

[ckessel]

Cool, I'm looking forward to your progress.

 

[Greg Ducato]

Lots of work! Not body color on the engine compartment??

 

[65RoadRacer]

Lots of work! Not body color on the engine compartment??

Nope, the paint is so faded that it's actually several shades of blue. I like it a little different (as evidenced by the yellow Poly!) lol

 

[Greg Ducato]

The world has enough restorations, get to customizing!

 

[5.7 hemi]

Out with the old, in with the new! Keep us posted.

 

[65RoadRacer]

A couple of pics of the new engine.....

 

[65RoadRacer]

I'm slowly dressing up the 408 and decided to get creative with the Plug Wires to keep them up and out of the way of the exhaust.

I started with .5"x1/16" aluminum stock, cut to 6" in length, and mocked them up. Turned out pretty okay, Will probably look nicer when all the wires are cut and crimped, but here's what I have so far. The wires are FAST FireWires, 8.5mm plus sleeves, and I found a set of aluminum wire separators from Summit that fit up to 10mm, so they're perfect for this.