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show pics of your engines boys!

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im working on a 1970 355 supercharged 2 600's 4spd 4.11 posi gmc 1/2 ton stepside truck i got over 15k invested so far here's some pictures
 

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Super Streeter said:
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.





 
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re: show pics of your engine boys!

Vehicle - 1992 GMC Sierra SLE 4X4
Block - 1975 Chevy 350 4 Bolt - .030 over
Crank- Stock OEM
Pistons - KB Hypereutectic 9.5:1
Oil Pump - Z28
Heads - 96 Vortec
Cam - Speed-Pro RV Cam
Lifters/Rockers - Stock OEM
Intake - Edelbrock Performer TBI
Headers - Edelbrock Shorty Headers - Ceramic Coated
Water Pump - Edelbrock High Performance Reverse Flow
Throttle Body - Holley Two Barrel TBI - 670 cfm
Distributer - Stock OEM
Cap/Rotor - MSD
Coil - MSD Blaster
Ignition - MSD 6A
Exhaust - 3" Y-Pipe - Single High Flow Cat - Dynamax Cat Back Dual
Fan - Flex-A-Lite Electric Puller
Prom - Hypertech 350 Street Runner
ECM - Stock OEM
Transmission - 700R4
Axle - 3:42 Positraction
 

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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.


http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10002_756689_-1_10603

Adam
 
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firestone said:
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.


http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10002_756689_-1_10603

Adam
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?

Page2171:
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
 
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page2171 said:
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 am going to ask a question that may get me shot, but...


Why do they call it a nailhead? :confused:

I have never seen one in person. I am faimiar with ford flatheads and Y-blocks.
 
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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.

Adam
 
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Brian_B said:
I am going to ask a question that may get me shot, but...


Why do they call it a nailhead? :confused:

I have never seen one in person. I am faimiar with ford flatheads and Y-blocks.
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.
 
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