Project "Payback"

[tones2SS]

Very cool Todd. Glad to see things going well for you with the engine.
That shop looks very clean and orderly, which usually means a good/reputable shop. I am looking forward to the build and the dyno numbers. That is going to be an ass-kicking engine.
Very nice my friend!!!!

[awr68]

That sounds like a kick ass package, Todd!

[DFRESH]

Trying to think of a some new names for your screen name and the car now --

Alumaback
BBalumaC
ZL1AutoX
Beotch


Happy for you man----good find. Hope your wife is still going to have a good Christmas after these purchases. When you guys are gonna dyno, if you want some company, let me know. It's kinda like a birth of a child--it's nice to hear them scream for the first time--you know they are alive.

Doug

[Vegas69]

Don't give up your day job. I'll definitely let you know. It should be mid February or so.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

The max is 508 cubic inches. It will be a 489 since my SRP forged pistons are in good shape. Just need a polish. At the end of the day, I decided that this made the most sense for my car and my application. This ain't no drag car. That's another project! I'll have some updates with all the trick parts and machining..........

I am eventually going this same route but even bigger perhaps. The block was pricey I imagine but well worth every penny. I am jealous

Were you experiencing any push at track days with the iron block?

[Vegas69]

My road course experience was so limited, but the car seemed really good. It will push on the autocross but I'm in the middle of a rear sway bar as well. Two different animals for sure. That's the main reason I got an adjustable rear bar. I really didn't go aluminum to shed the weight, it's just a nice side effect. I just felt it made more sense to drop the coin on a special block instead of a run of the mill 454 block. The machining cost is no different, it's simply the cost of the new block minus the pennies I get for the old one. It will end up making alot of sense. To be honest, the engine wasn't on the cars level anyway. I never would've picked that set up today. I wasn't planning on spending this much money on the car. I also didn't have plans to race it much at the time. It's one giant flippin snow ball. I keep telling myself it's going to stop someday. I've done a ton of research lately, pick my brain anytime.

[GregWeld]

I'm lovin' all of this Todd... Merry Christmas to yourself, by the way! LOL

Someone asked me the other day about something I'd bought... I told them... "I'm not broke - but I'm certainly bent"!

[70rs]

Maybe someday that one big flipin snowball will roll into a LSX motor huh?

[comp-spec]

All aluminum 500cid big block...do you really have to say any more.
nice choice

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Looks great and less filling.

Here's how they sounded back in '69.