All this nice stuff posted and I'm still beating on old 283s. Here is mine , it's mostly original and because it is classed as Antique the insurance is cheap.
Here it is,all 438.9 nitrous injected cubes of it.
[ Oops.I deleted some pictures from my photobucket account.No nitrous for now.Maybe by the end of the season I will put it back on.still makes a tick under 700hp out of 439 cubes and can be street driven on pump gas{11:1 compresion with aluminum heads and a LOT of cam.Thats a genuine 1965 427 block.Not everyday that you see a 427 with a canister filter adapter on it.
Here is the new 406 im running in the 55 chev now,, .125 pop ups, dart heads, and all the other good stuff,,, it just dont look that pretty lol :thumbup:
Wow, some really nice stuff here.
Mine is still under construction but I'll post anyway.
It's a twin turbocharged LT1 with a 6 speed and it's in a 59
Rambler American. First time doing turbos and fab work so progress is slow.
Wow, some really nice stuff here.
Mine is still under construction but I'll post anyway.
It's a twin turbocharged LT1 with a 6 speed and it's in a 59
Rambler American. First time doing turbos and fab work so progress is slow.
Nice engine Firestone.
Nice car, too.
Is that your garage / workshop? :drool:
One more question...
Where did you get that bypass elbow?
I just couldn't get an OEM-style "molded" hose to fit properly, and ended up using one of those Gates "UniCoil" springs to try to keep it from kinking.
Thanks, it took a while to get it done, but I am really happy with how it turned out. That storage unit it is pretty much all I have to work in right now. I live in an apartment building a couple of miles away. By bypass elbow, I assume you are talking about the one that goes from the water pump to the intake manifold, I am not sure where it came from. The shop that installed the engine came up with it. I did a little searching and came up with the following though.
I probably shouldn't be posting this. My engine is not nearly as clean and nice looking as everyone else's so far. On the other hand, you can't get too much cooler than a Nailhead. So, here it is...a 401 Nailhead in my 62 Buick Electra.
Thanks, it took a while to get it done, but I am really happy with how it turned out. That storage unit it is pretty much all I have to work in right now. I live in an apartment building a couple of miles away. By bypass elbow, I assume you are talking about the one that goes from the water pump to the intake manifold, I am not sure where it came from. The shop that installed the engine came up with it. I did a little searching and came up with the following though.
Adam:
Yeah, thanks.
I found the same thing on Summit (made by Earl's)
I was looking at the length of the barbed end with a bit of skepticism, though. Is yours as long as what that appears to be?
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I had the same car at age 17 or so.
Same engine, too.
I hadn't heard the term "nailhead" at that age, though.
I bought the car from my uncle, and destroyed it in very short order ... racing a '72 Chevy 1/2 ton with a 350 4bbl.
The car had a rad leak, and at that age ... I drove it as long as the wheels would turn. Guages were something you looked at AFTER seeing the smoke or hearing the noise back then, I guess. :embarrass
I probably shouldn't be posting this. My engine is not nearly as clean and nice looking as everyone else's so far. On the other hand, you can't get too much cooler than a Nailhead. So, here it is...a 401 Nailhead in my 62 Buick Electra.
I think the one on my car is as long as the ones in the summit and Jegs catalog. If you look really closely, you can kind of see where the end of the fitting goes to in the tube on the way to the water pump. The tube seems to be perfectly straight and then makes a abrupt turn to the connection to the water pump. It looks to me like there is not very much space between where the fitting ends and the water pump starts. I have a long pump so that gives me a little more room to allow for the longer fitting. I don't know if it would work with a short pump or not.
Also, Brian, I would like to pretend like I know what a nail head is also and just wait for the answer, but I must confess I dont know either.
From what I understand they got the name Nailhead because with the valve covers off the valves look like nails sticking up because the valves are vertical not angled like most engines.
OK..... Can't say that I have ever seen a picture like that either.
That is an interesting design.
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