Yes, a lot of moving parts. That will translate into several late nights next week. :)

The Falkens are the Azenis RT-615K. Sizes are what Flash said: 275/35/18 and 315/30/18. I bought them off of eBay from Discount Tire Direct, but it turns out they have a website at which the prices are a little bit cheaper...

Discount Tire Direct

Direct Link to the Falkens

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Thanks for the tire info
Good luck on getting it up a running

Bob

Hey Bryan and Bob, i just got those same Falkens and sizes mounted onto my Forgelines from Dublin Big-O for $1482, tires and mounting (although they may have done the mounting for free as i do a fair amount of business with them). Ithought the price was very fair for just the tires...

Looks like you are making progress Bryan. Tough to be patient. We are struggling with the same on KLRBRDs suspension/frame rail redo. Parts delays and the weather have us anxious as well.

Since the Rivals are not available we are considering the 315 Falkens or PS2s. Appreciate you sharing the link. Good stuff. Hope to see you're GG's in a couple weeks or at the USCA event at TMS at the end of the month.

Let's get a pic of the Birds together this time. :knock:

Some positive progress!

I picked up the engine at the end of the day from TSP yesterday. The build there took longer than I had hoped, but at least it's back in my hands now. Here she was when I picked it up and dropped it off at Eric's:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6g2o5lvo.jpg

First order of business this morning was to drill and tap the steam vent ports for my setup I put together on the original motor. Unfortunately I forgot to do this to the heads in my rush to get them to TSP, so Eric and I were discussing options for either removing the heads or doing it on the motor. We did them on the motor the first time, so we decided to try that again.

I taped up the water pump holes and the temp probe holes on each head, then using an air hose I blew air into one port while Eric drilled/tapped the other. This worked great, we could see the shavings coming out instead of falling in. It was also surprising how much more flow there was after doing this. While the point of these holes isn't to flow water regularly, I think that opening them up a little will help prevent any air bubble problems. Here's a pic of the setup once done:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...psajmnlksb.jpg

I expected the pushrods and rockers to be installed by TSP, but they weren't. So I did that also. They had confirmed the lengths, but I double checked that they were what I wanted. Everything came out good on that front:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...psupgn51v6.jpg

Next I installed the intake. I was surprised at how well I was able to get the ports to match up after torquing everything, I couldn't get a picture of those, but here's one of the intake in place:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstxlezsvb.jpg

Then the clutch. I'm using a setup from Monster in which they build a flywheel to adapt the new C7 LT1 twin disc cluthc for LS use. It's a pricey assembly, but it should hold the power I'm making without any trouble. I expect a bit better pedal feel also.

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And bellhousing, after giving it a bath:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...psoszqfp1u.jpg

Last step for the day was to reassemble the Wegner front drive setup. PS pump, AC brackets and water pump installed. I'll put the alternator and AC compressor on once it's back in the car, as I need access to the bolts on the heads to attach the chains for the hoist. I forgot to take a final picture for the day.

I was hoping to have a little more done today, but that's where I am. Tomorrow morning Eric and I are going to get the motor in so that I can continue work on the accessories, new oil lines, and all of the wiring that needs to be done. If I'm lucky, we can stab the T56 also, but I need to rebuild the slave cylinder first. It looks like one of the o-rings is leaking, so we have a kit to replace those.

So while not coming along at quite the same pace as that other 48-hour build, I hope to have this one running within 48 hours or so myself. :)

Well you know the car and you will know it even more, making it much quicker for reassembly (as if you didn't already know this). But great seeing it come together. Good luck with reassembly....Looks like i'll be purchasing the monster phase II as my pplate fried at da track last weekend....:G-Dub:

C'mon man! The 48hr Bird will be awesome if you can pull it all together. Hope you get it done man. We are rooting for you. Need to get that pic of our TAs together next weekend.

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Ben running a centerforce in the Pantera
for over 10 years. Same clutch with about 600 hp
Have one in the bird with no issues either. Over 700hp
and 640 lbs of torque. Tires are the thing that lets go

Just saying no need for fancy clutches

Bob

Oh dang, sorry to hear that! It seems like it's always something, doesn't it?

Agreed on the picture! I'm really pushing to make it, but looking at the extended weather forecast, I sure hope things improve!

Agreed that it's not necessary. But since I had it all apart, I decided that now was the right time to do it if I was going to. Steve (Gerno) seems to like his, and I like the idea of getting a replacement from a GM dealer in the future if I need it. Yep, it was a little splurge. Like a lot that went into my final package with this engine... ;)

The motor looks great! Nice work.