Winter's STILL here....

...but I've made some progress on the small block chevy:

I've installed the heads (461 doublehumps from a '65 Corvette) and the intake (from a '68 Camaro).

The distributor is a neat unit called a "Power Fire" - and it's neatest feature is a little knob on the side that will allow me to advance or retard the timing in 1/2 degree steps without having to unbolt the dizzy. Neat eh?

I've got a new waterpump, pulleys, balancer, alternator + brackets all ready to go on it - and next week I'll probably pick up a nice chrome oilpan to round the package out.

I'm going for a nostalgia look (sort of)- so those are "corvette" script/finned valve covers- and the oil fill tube is on the intake (so I'm hoping I don't have a pvc issue.. if so I'll have to drill into the intake to fit a pvc valve, and there's not a lot of room to do that in. I'd rather not alter the covers that much.

The only real work left is fixing up the exhaust manifold- but I'm a little short on space so I'll work slowly.

So work really is progressing, just very very slowly :)

Winter's Here

Yes. I managed to fit a 16 foot car in a 15 foot garage. Space is tight, but the heater's on and it'll be warm enough to hopefully get the motor running this winter.

I've ordered the starter, alternator, waterpump, dizzy, and a bunch of other little bits and pieces, and I'll be hacking away at it.

I know... the updates to the blog are few and far between. Sorry. With a baby on the way, car time is being eaten up a bit.