Another Hot Rod....

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I weighed them and since they're behind the axle line -- they should work out okay.

Rather than do what ROB is trying to do -- which is to overcome all the obstacles (he prefers to call them a more politically correct "challenges") -- by adding power to the anchoring system -- er -- sorry I meant to say power plant… I think 480hp LS3 motor should be perfectly adequate for my wife's driving style.

How much did they weigh?

HA yea I need to max out the hp to make up for that 450lb fully dressed anchor.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Okay - this is were the rubber meets the road….

You tell me a stock 435hp tri-power doesn't look bad ass? Or a stock 440 six pack? Or maybe a dual quad hemi? Or 409?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


Batter up!!

Originally Posted by clill

You quote very limited engines. Then compare them to a LS9. Wow...Looks good to me. You Putz....

So a plastic hood under the steel hood counts for a good looking motor? It looks like they just gave up and the lead engineer said. "You guys just figure a way to cover it up"

My 400 Pontiac in the 69 bird came stock with chrome valve covers and a matching chrome air cleaner. Along with some clean looking wire looms and cool Pontiac specific sea foam engine paint it looked pretty nice.

Any performance FE cam from Ford with custom valve covers and air cleaners. The old Mecury's had Mercury himself embossed in the valve covers. The original 406 Tri Powers came with cool baldy valve covers and those cast AL oval air cleaners with the cross flag badges on the leading edge.

All the cool Mopar cars and the versions of thier air grabber air cleaners and cool stickers, the Cobrajet shakers and snake valve covers, the Hemi Shakers and big chrome valve covers with the plug wires in the middle.

What about the old 413 Wedge Mopars with the cross ram dual quads with the carbs 2+ ft away from each other?



How about the Buick Nailheads and Olds (I think Rocket) motors.

I think if you look under the hood of any stock performance version of an old musclecar you'd see a cool looking motor.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by clill

You Putz....

[clill]

The most worshiped engine for hotrodders has always been the smallblock chevy until now. Now it is a LS engine. The smallblock came out in 55 and the hotrodders took it from there. The first things they did was change, intakes, valve covers, air cleaners etc in order for more performance and better looks. Same as now but some of us seem to think it is too much work. If you opened the hood of a stock 55 Chevy today you would be thinking of how the look of the engine needs some changes.......You Putz.

[fleetus macmullitz]

"Keep your friends close and your putz's closer..."

[GregWeld]

This reminds me of the Charley the Tuna ads of old…. they always tossed poor old Charley back into the sea.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

This reminds me of the Charley the Tuna ads of old…. they always tossed poor old Charley back into the sea.

But he kept on frolicking....

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by clill

You quote very limited engines. Then compare them to a LS9. Wow...Looks good to me. You Putz....

Nice looking plastic… NOT!

[68LS1]

This never crossed your mind? Uses factory PCM.



http://www.harrop.com.au/eng_detail....d=99-AMFD11311

[Chassisworks]

I've been watching this build for a while and I feel like I need to step in because none of you know what you're talking about.

THIS is the best looking hot rod engine of all time!

[96z28ss]

what Greg could of done to really screw around with the Ford Guys would be install an LS engine with the front mount distributor, and have some Ford valve covers made.