Project 68 The Great One

[Code Red]

well my mom and I went up to the shop and after some discussion decided to bite the bullet and go with the edlebrock rpm 72cc heads man my wallet is going to feel so empty after all of this

[Code Red]

Stopped by the shop and there was a mess up with the order they only got one in but the other will be in monday

[Motown 454]

Sweet !!
WAyne

[BossaNova]

Wow. I can't believe those pictures got thru the firewall here at work.

[Code Red]

They rolled the block into their assembly room today

block should be painted by saturday and assembly should start on monday, so if all goes well engine should be home next weekend

[Code Red]

well its blue and starting to get assembled

[GHOSTDANCER]

Looking good

[Roadbuster]

That engine is going to look really nice! Pontiac blue on the bottom and all aluminum on top. In addition you are going to loose about a 100 pounds off the front end, give or take a few pounds.

What compression are you running?

Great progress on the firewall! That will set off the engine compartment with it all smooth. Are you going to paint it the same color as the body?

Jon

[Code Red]

That engine is going to look really nice! Pontiac blue on the bottom and all aluminum on top. In addition you are going to loose about a 100 pounds off the front end, give or take a few pounds.

What compression are you running?

Great progress on the firewall! That will set off the engine compartment with it all smooth. Are you going to paint it the same color as the body?

Jon

think the engine shop said 10:1 on the compression due to the heads

well we are thinking gloss black for now may change once we actually paint the car but we will see

[Code Red]

almost there

[jackfrost]

sweet... i'm jealous. i wish my project was progressing this quickly.

[Code Red]

sweet... i'm jealous. i wish my project was progressing this quickly.

dont know about quickly lol


engine bay is at a halt till I get the garage finished and reorganized

[Motown 454]

Looks good !
Wayne

[Roadrage David]

What kind of cam are you useing??? XE series!!!!

[Code Red]

What kind of cam are you useing??? XE series!!!!

A Melling Pontiac Ram Air III cam

[Code Red]

Major Update

well some bad news

1. Crack pulley is cracked and has to be replaced (there is supposed to be a ring in which the bolts are tighten down on but it was missing so the previous person did in on the pulley and cracked it) upgrading to billet

2. Valley Pan rusted up a bit and has holes will be ordering a new one

http://www.jbp-pontiac.com/images/MISC/valleyPan.JPG

3. Flywheel has cracks might be ok to use for now but will start a search

4. My old Edlebrock PB4 intake WILL NOT FIT the new Edlebrock Performer RPM heads grr so ordered a new Preformer RPM Intake

Pics

Me with the engine

[Code Red]

what no new comments? comeon guys

[gto406]

Heads look sweet CodeRed. I think you will find the Performer RPM a better manifold. You want to be able to rev that Poncho closer to 5800-6000. The RPM will work way better than the P4B in that range.
The P4B is pretty much a lower-end (poorer cousin) to the Perfomer. Once you see the new one, you will be glad you went that route. I am going to either run my other (race) engine with the Performer RPM (altogether) on my '72, or replace the current P4B on the cars original motor with a new Performer RPM.

Looking good!
Brian
'72 GTO.

[andrewb70]

I have a Performer that I will sell cheap. PM me if you're interested.

Andrew

[Code Red]

I have a Performer that I will sell cheap. PM me if you're interested.

Andrew

thanks but the shop just got it today