Falken 295/40/18s on 18x10s w/5.75" bs

Looking Awesome Guys!!!

NICE!!! :woot: :thumbsup: :lateral:

You can feel the energy rising!! :cheers:

Plugging a long all week... Another weekend coming so lots to show on Monday! Bodywork, primer, all done on shell. Motor ships tomorrow, core support ready from Autorad on Tuesday, Fesler Billet parts in route, Anvil CF parts in route... it's going to be a crazy week!

TIP/KRE spent the past two days breaking the engine in and dialing in the new combo on KRE's in-house dyno.

Engine is now crated and shipping to Fletcher's Customs!

I must say that I was totally shocked at this combo!! HP numbers are very, very impressive...

Pics from the Dyno room!!!

http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...rmal_11111.jpg
http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...ormal_2222.jpg

Engine Article
 

TIP has a pending article coming out on the 440 so I had to promise not to release actual dyno numbers just yet... let's just say that they EXCEEDED the original estimates!!! :thumbsup:

After these pics were taken they removed the polished covers before the dyno session started so they didn't get scratched up adjusting valves etc. But these are the covers that'll be on this beast in the car!!

Two days on the dyno means a quick install and painless to no tuning required once it's in the car! Just change the oil, hookup fuel lines/fittings, throttle/kickdown cables etc.

As Chad said, I'm gonna have to steal a uniform from a USPS worker... cuz this thing is gonna haul the mail!!! LOL :lateral:

Sweet looking motor!

Well another sleep deprived crazy weekend!! 40 hours since Friday afternoon and I hurt from my toe nails to my eye lashes. Everything hurts!!! LOL

This car is fighting me so bad, never in my life have I fought body work so much. The car is pretty much solid so that was a plus. But we've spent the entire week fixing the previous work done to the car over the last 30+ years. The shell of the car was covered in Bondo as you can see from prior pics. Not because it was rusty just because somewhere/sometime ago someone was too lazy to pull a dent out and just slapped it full of mud! Rear quarters skins were welded on in 1990 and instead of making them fit properly, they just layed them up there, welded them in and then beat the seam in with a hammer! The entire seam was 1" deep and filled with mud. Josh spent nearly 30 hours this week, with a hammer and dolly and a stud gun pulling dents!

Then we started fighting the bodywork... You know the routine, wipe it, sand, find high and low spots, wipe again, etc, etc. Over and over and over again. All in all there will be barely any mud in the car at all but we have eaten up 150 hours in just bodywork! But it IS coming together!

After media blasting the front fenders yesterday, we found some expected rust and where the front fenders were distorted from someone incorrectly welding up the marker lights, then slapping in a gallon of mud in each. Passenger side fender had also been hit sometime ago and pulled out on a frame machine. So you had a large disformed area. Both fenders are being trashed and we are now working to secure a set of fenders.

On a good note we got these pics this morning from Autorad!! Jim does an AMAZING job with his core supports! Can't wait to get this thing...

Old core support:
http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...l_p1010274.jpg

The beginning...
http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...l_p1010275.jpg

Taking shape...
http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...l_p1010277.jpg

Jim is working like crazy this morning! Headlight areas going in...

http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...l_p1010282.jpg
http://www.fletcherscustoms.com/copp...l_p1010280.jpg

Looking Good!