So I have gotten everything figured out and done on the car other than the assembly of the engine.
As of now I have all parts on order or on hand. Pistons should be in next week and I should be getting the crank back from the balancing.
The head has been cleaned up and had the chambers cleaned up. They were off by 6cc and came out to 54cc once cleaned up. One of the valve guides were drilled off center so we had to get a new guid for that one valve. The intake has came out to not fit properly to the ports, so the machinest is working on matching them up right now.
Called up RAU Monday and received my 1.6 rockers today. Talk about fast delivery!
They look very nice and will get my lift to .512 using the CS 280 110LS cam. Based on the AL head flow numbers, this is where it starts to fall off on CFM flow.
Quick question for you guys. What length Push rods have you guys been using with the 1.6 adjustable rockers? I had a talk with them at RAU and heard that people have been sending the Push rods back to get shortened. I measured my old ball/ball ones and they are 9 5/16".
Once everything is assembled we are expecting 10.3:1 SCR and 7.9 DCR. This lets me use 91octane here in Cali till I get back home to the 93 octane back in Louisiana. I think we went with an 11? 11.5 cc dish in the racetec pistons and have the Pistons out the cylinders .005. I'm calculating this all with a .040 gasket crush. I know this is a +-.
I'm having a local hot rod shop expand my oil pan and baffle it up for me.
I will be throwing a 570 street avenger on the engine once done. I know a lot of people have been using 600 Holleys, but I figure I can upgrade down the road if I need to.
I have a MSD 6AL box installed on the car and a DSII I got from the fordsix distributor guru and will use a blaster II coil.
Exhaust is a dual out header from CI and will be getting an imposter exhaust from Matt at vintage inlines. The arvinode is just a little too loud for my wife's likes based off of vids we have watched on YouTube.
All of this is going to be ran though a 3.35 t5 and 3.55 rearend.
I will be posting pics very soon!