Sorry to hear about this. I'm glad to hear those people stoped to help you. Still some good people left.

Thanks Wayne - Definitely restored some much needed faith in mankind for myself. :thumbsup:

That's my understanding assuming it's a GM cam. I don't know why anyone would hide that info other than a drag racer. :unibrow:

RIP you POS Demon :D

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Bye bye for now you're in good hands
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Todd is handling the initial insurance posturing and once that baseline is established we'll determine who does how much of what.

He's done multiple complete builds for a close friend and worked at another good friends high-end body shop for 15 years so I trust his ability and ethics.

This is one low dollar example
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Outside of the car still looks great :thumbsup:

The cam performance curve feels decent to me but it would be nice to know specs. After all this is a seriously high tech 1st gen small block. :D

Did you run flat top pistons in the 408? I'm running flatties and will get the heads cc'd to eliminate unkowns. IIRC the existing valve springs are 403 lb rate with 175 lb seat.......they'd probably break my old skool cam's back. :)

Here's my current set-up..........please don't laugh out loud, it has worked flawlessly for 22+ years. :P
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The heads, new intake & carb, and MSD ignition considering the suspension and tire combo should wake the motor up nicely until I can build a real motor. The bar in Oregon and especially Eugene/Springfield isn't raised as high as CA & WA so I can hold it down longer and break harder to compensate for wimpy motor. :unibrow:

Thanks, we both know its the Orange........Stielow is learning. :unibrow:

Regarding the oil source during the fire........appears the mechanical oil pressure guage line melted through quick and turned into an oil jet spraying up on the hood. If you look at the picture you can see clean area just above the master cylinder. Surprising how much oil that little orifice can pump at 50-60 psi considering how fast I shut it down. I went back to the scene today and the oil trail is less than 100 yds and began 250 yds from where I launched.

Yes, there will be an electric guage and sending unit replacing it.

I haven't a chance to perform an autopsy on the carb yet.

My guess is you were using a plastic oil line? Stick with the mechanical gauge and get yourself a steel braided line.

I wouldn't waist anytime on the carb. Junk it and chalk it up to education costs.

yeah it does! :woot: