Bet those are pretty sweet.... Sounds like the previous owner really loved them and barely put any miles on them he loved them so much :D

Just got the email from Mast about my motor.

Looks like 592hp and 505tq. All this with 105* air temps. So, I'm guessing on an average Minnesota 85* day, we will easily hit 600hp, which was my goal all along! :)

The graphs are a bit hard to read because the stock LS3 intake and Holley intake colors are the same, but overall the holley intake made more peak HP but less torque, which is what Holley said would happen.

All in all it should be a good screamer at 7k! :D

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...416_holley.jpg

I call first ride after the motor is in:D

Nice
 

600 hp on a cooler day that is sweet, so rear wheel hp will be in the uper 400 hp range?? Im thinking goin with a 416 myself when i get started, just wondering if I could build the motor myself along with some skilled friends on the cheap, Those crate motors are pricey.

That looks like a pretty nice torque curve. Over 400lb ft before 3000 rpm. And it just climbs from there. That should be a total riot on the street!:thumbsup:

Oh yea, can't wait for that. Although my last motor had roughly 400ft lbs around 3000 rpm's too... the HP jump is what I can't wait for :unibrow:

My mini-tub project has started. This feels like a lot more work than it really should be.

Taking the brackets off. GM welder didn't really seem to have any rhyme or reason to where he welded LOL

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...0-_em22975.jpg

Inner wheel well
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...1-_em22976.jpg

Remember the Sawzall I bought for this project? TOTALLY WORTH IT!! Zipped right through this junk.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...3-_em22983.jpg

Looks like some jack-a-nape decided not to replace the rust... just cover it up. Just lovely. Ugh.

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...2-_em22980.jpg

http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...6-_em22988.jpg


One big chunk gone!
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...4-_em22984.jpg

How she is now.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...5-_em22985.jpg


Found this guy hiding between the door and the inner cover... petrified little bugger, and not just scared... literally hard as a stone LOL. I thought long and hard about scaring the wife with it, but thought better of it and just threw him away.
http://www.impermanence.kungphu.com/...9-_em22995.jpg

Sorry to see the rust in there.

Toss the hitch hiker....no free rides! :lol:

Looks great, man. Minitubbing a first gen is indeed, a crapload of work.

Boy that little mouse looks remarkably well preserved, LOL!

The rust isn't all that bad... just about an inch that I'll be cutting out anyways, just sucks to see such a crap repair.


So far I've got about 4 hours into it. That's just one side :faint: