And Penny just keeps on changing...

[Matt@BOS]

I snapped some photos yesterday, and was just uploading them for you in case you hadn't seen the recent work. That must have come together quickly. Here's what it looked like yesterday afternoon



Matt

[KPC67]

looks cool, what's the reasoning for this?
it doesn't look like you will get much more tire under there?

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by KPC67

looks cool, what's the reasoning for this?
it doesn't look like you will get much more tire under there?

I was having a little rubbing in one spot so this will give me a bit more clearance.

Also, for a looks standpoint the old stock fenderwells didn't line up with the new upper control arms at all.. not even close.

[waynieZ]

They look nice ,I saw the markings on them when I was there.

[Al Moreno]

Very nice Steve, I know you been wanting to do something different with the inners. I imagine you must be stoked!

[70rs]

More cool stuff going on with Penny.

Steve, I really appreciate the fact that you drive the hell out of this car and keep upgrading along the way. Guys like you and Todd and several others that USE these cars keep the hobby that much more interesting for people like me.

[Steve1968LS2]

I have all my oil cooler stuff now. The main player is a Setrab 925 cooler.

The larger radiator opening will let me mount this without blocking most of the radiator. All the stuff will be hardlined from the Canton t-stat to the cooler and then to the bulkheads.

[Steve1968LS2]

Funny.. this just started out as a simple project.. lol



Right now all the old undercoating is being stripped off so the new WURTH Stoneguard can be shot on.

The rear was gone over by Currie and new ends were welded on. I also had the third member rebuilt since it was out of the car.

I'm also making progress on the new engine. It's a RHS standard deck race block with 4.155 bore and a 4.25 stroke. The rotating guts will Lunati and the heads will Mast Motorsports LS3 12-degree big bore pieces. I call it a 454+ (the plus is because it's really a 461)

The inner fenders are now ready to be final welded and then bodyworked. I held them up there and there's TONS more tire space where it's needed. Brad (the Bradenator) at BOS did a great job making my vision a reality on these.

[Vegas69]

Interesting you went with the over square engine....

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Interesting you went with the over square engine....

Wouldn't it really be an under square engine since the bore is less than the stroke?

If I do the 4.155/4.250 it equals .977 and is still considered by some to be "square" (range of .95 to 1.04) - If I could do a 4.250 bore I would. lol

I'm building another one (a 454) that's 4.185 bore and 4.125 stroke.. that's a combo I like better (bigger bore and less stroke). Now that would be and Over Square engine but it's still 1.014 and technically still "square" (but more square I guess)

BUT.. keep in mind that this block is made to go 4.250 on the stroke and due to the raised cam there's more "room". Also Wiseco is making me up a set of custom pistons. In other words we are keep all this math that makes my head hurt in mind.

Working with COMP, Lunati and Wiseco on this so I'm pretty confident it will all work out.

With the RHS block I was limited to 4.165 bore, but that's a scratch built piston unlike the 4.155. And it was either go 4.25 on the stroke or 4.125. With something this expensive I didn't think it was worth it to just end up with a 447...

I just finished a 440 (LSX iron block) build which had a perfect 4.125 bore and 4.125 stroke.. with a Fast 92 and 235 Trick Flow heads it made 660 hp and 625 lb-ft of torque. On 91 octane CA gas and 11.25:1 compression (but a big ass hyd cam)