It lives! The motor is done.... for now

[woody80z28]

This car is pretty much my first attempt at everything. Bought it when I was 18 and still haven't stopped dumping money into it. All built by me in my dad's garage (with the exception of the ring & pinion install). Now the build will continue in my own garage since I just bought a house.

UPDATE 2013: no more 355. Forged 383 roller with Holley EFI is going in. Paint job next.

There will be way too many pictures in this thread, cause I'm a pic whore.

Engine: 355c.i. V8
Transmission: T56 6-spd manual
Horsepower: ~400
Torque: ~425
Exterior: Maroon
Interior: Graphite/black
Mods:
.030 over
forged TRW pistons
10.55:1 compression
Vortec 062 heads
RPM AirGap aluminum intake
Comp Cams Magnum 280H ([email protected], .480", 110)
Hedman 1-5/8 long-tube headers
Summit 3" X-pipe and U-bends I cut & welded for 3" mandrel dual-exhaust
Flowtech 3" cut outs
Summit 2.5" chambered mufflers
750cfm Edelbrock Performer carb
K&N X-Stream air cleaner
MSD Ultimate HEI ignition w/ rev limiter
Energy Suspension poly engine & trans mounts & CA bushings
4.10 gears
Moser axles & support cover
SPEC stage 3+ clutch
SPEC retrofit flywheel
Pro5.0 billet short-throw shifter w/ shortened stick
Denny's custom length 3" HD steel driveshaft
Summit driveshaft loop
Hitachi high-torque mini-starter
Summit 100amp alternator
MAD Electrical relays & Start'M'Up kit
battery in trunk with NHRA-spec kill switch
Proform electric water pump
Volvo 60a fan & SPAL fan controller
Hotchkis coil springs & sway bars
KYB shocks
NAPA heavy-duty balljoints
Pro-Touring F-body solid body bushings & leaf springs
Alston subframe connectors & PTFB g-braces
IROC steering box
95 Camaro leather seats & seat belts
95 console, shift boot, shift knob and e-brake lever
Equus gauges (speedo, tach, temp, oil pres, volts, fuel, air/fuel, boost/vac)
custom-fabbed gauge bezel
Summit shift light
Manual 4-wheel disc brakes
Hawk HPS pads at all corners
1LE 12" front on B-body spindles with Wilwood GMIII calipers
ZQ8 11.6" rotors with 2WD&4WD Blazer backing plates, calipers & ebrake
Lokar e-brake cables to 4th-gen lever
70 Corvette master cylinder for manual brakes
MP brakes manual pushrod
B&M line-lock
Summit adjustable proportioning valve
275/60R15 Mickey Thompson drag radials
CE Slide-A-Link adjustable traction bars
AN-6 fuel system
pin-on fiberglass hood with 3" cowl
flat-blacked everything
18x8.5 & 18x9.5 wheels

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Fired up the 355 today and it came to life like it was nothin. I guess I put everything back together right. There's one more thing to check off the list.

I went from ****ty 336 heads to 062 Vortecs and a new Performer RPM AirGap intake and added a new K&N filter and Moroso Super HEI ignition kit. I also got an electric fan, all new gauges and a line lock. It should take me from about 9:1 to 10.5:1 and 300hp to about 390hp and 425 ft-lbs of torque, according to a CHP buildup. And, I got rid of all that gay chrome.

Going from standard heads to the Vortec style was more work than I realized, I didn't think about the little stuff like throttle brackets and plug wire looms, but it's all done now.



The heater core went though, so I gotta replace that when I tear out the dash and put in the 78 one. I'm glad I didn't already replace it cause I'd be pissed to have to take it out again. So the next project is the dash swap and wiring up all the new gauges. Then comes the line lock and subframe connectors... are these cars ever actually done???

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