It's alive!

[markinnaples]

Congrats. Was the 408 a little more radical? How's the torque with the 454?

[mockingbird812]

Congrats Marine! It looks great. Have FUN!

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by markinnaples

Congrats. Was the 408 a little more radical? How's the torque with the 454?

Thanks Mark. No, the 408 was a dog compared to the 454. It was just a .030" over 402. The 408 actually ran really well, but it didn't have much of a cam and the 402 just can't compare to a 454. The 454 torque is so much better. I was driving it really easy, but even then when I was in 4th gear driving between 55 and 65 (2,500-3,000) you could really feel the power pull. I'm only running 3.31 gears too.
One thing is for sure. Bye, bye 800 rpm idle!

[novadude]

Looks good. Editorial comment though: Hopefully that fuel line is temporary. Long lengths of rubber line make me nervous from a safety perspective (yes, I know lots of guys do this). Also, having it that close to a heater hose and rubbing on upper alternator bracket is not good long term.

Don't take this wrong... not trying to be critical... I'd just hate to see a fire on such a cool car.

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by novadude

Looks good. Editorial comment though: Hopefully that fuel line is temporary. Long lengths of rubber line make me nervous from a safety perspective (yes, I know lots of guys do this). Also, having it that close to a heater hose and rubbing on upper alternator bracket is not good long term.

Don't take this wrong... not trying to be critical... I'd just hate to see a fire on such a cool car.

Being critical is more than welcome! How else do you learn? I do know about the rubber hose though. There are several things I just put on temporarily to get it running. I installed a new tank from Spectra with the electric pump in the tank. I used the factory 3/8" feed and 1/4" return and went straight to a Mallory 4309 regulator. 1/4" really is probably too small, so I might run another 3/8" line at some point. It's only a 50 gph pump, so I'll have to look into it a little more.
Thanks for the comments.