Now lift the back end up put 15×12 wheels with N 50 15 tires on and you got something ! Just lift the back end up ! We didn't drive cars nose high on the street Dan ! They were level with a straight axle , and were called street freaks !
I think you would have liked it a lot better with twin 450s. It’s still 900 CFM which I my opinion would be plenty…… my opinion. Plus your MPG would be better especially with a highway gear. Sounds cool for sure
I’m so impressed and inspired! You have made that ride in less than 30 days and now you are going to drive it to CTC! If you can pull this off you are truly THE MAN!!!!!👍👍
You should have hooked a cable up to the butterfly blades so you can use it as a choke, instead of welding them open. The tunnel ram set-ups take a very long time to warm up and don't run very well until fully warm.
Love watching you do these builds. Another home run you hit this one out of the park. Looking forward to seeing the Queen drag racing this one and pulling the front wheels at the tree. Safe trip heading south good sir.
Dan, add one of those Ford Starter relay and turn starter to one wire, works like a charm and no more really slow starter or no start until engine cools down.
When I was young there was a 69 nova called novacane a 69 camero called dustys dragon a 71 chevelle called sweet pea these are the things I remember this is one of few small blocks that sound close to the 55 in two lane black top the only thing that you need is the American Graffiti movies you go Dan
Hay FST thanks for the support for DAN as we have seen he need's all the help he can get .Just kidding partly but your help is greatly appreciated . Everything takes time and fine adjustments are needed when you have changed everything Dan . It's getting there Bro . Long road trip for sure and hope your ears and head aren't effected too badddd . But HELL man your driving the COOLEST Chevy ll Gasser from Canada to Mississippi . Have a Safe trip and be Careful . Warning AMERICAN COPS don't like Speeders . Great video Dan & Dani .
You need some crankcase evacuation tubes that go from your valve covers to your headers it's like old-school stuff that used to be on hot rods keep the crankcase pressure out of the engine, that way you won't blow any China Wall seals on the back of your intake...
You can do the bearing yourself. You let the Axel get cold hanging out of the freezer for about an hour or just put it in an ice chest get it ice cold. And heat up the bearing with your kitchen stove berner 3-4min.250 degrees.Or set the oven for 300 about 30 minutes assemble parts necessary grab the bearing with a hot pad lower it down the axle line it up around locateing surface and let go it will fall into place and cool and become attached as the axle heats up
Dan don't forget to run valve cover breather or the chrome tube with breather on top or you will have rear main seal or timing cover oil leak from p red pressurized block.
You may need proper valve cover breather ventilation for your PVC vacuum to work properly, it maybe drawing to much of a crank case vacuum into the intake manifold. That can cause some of your Acceleration issues with those double hump 327 heads on the 350 block pulling a stronger vacuum, may also try going to a stronger PVC valve, block off PVC valve and see if there's a difference in exselleration response
Thanks for your guidance steps through this long procedure. Wishing you guys hit your deadline in time. It promises to be a great adventure heading South.
Get ya a pair of those yellow KC off road light covers for the velocity stacks. They work great! Just remember to take them off when running it. Don’t ask how I know! LOL
You guys are just awesome. Someday you should take 1 of your many rides over to Nicks Garage on one of his Friday night LIVE sessions, tell him I sent ya, lol. Seriously, have fun, be safe, bring extra parts and tools, if you pass thru GA, let me know.
back i my old race car days, we used to make a short jump to the starter solenoid to the hot starter post and use a ford starter solenoid because the heat from the headers would cause the chevvy solenoid to get weak without full voltage, Of course, the fenderwell headers kinda eliminate that problem
Dan l ran the same manifold on my 65 Chevy Malibu 331 cubic inch with 660 Holley carbs great on the street and track . Install a hidden ignition cut off switch you don't want the car stolen from the parking lot over night . Just saying be safe not sorry . Great build.
It is nice to see you are protecting your hearing i lost mine from years in the garage and machine shop , now i have to take one of my grandchildren withe me to listen for odd noises in the cars i work on
Those small air filters are starving for air I have this same bug Catcher on my nova I removed the air filter for local driving in the city no more stumble ,there’s a good episode of testing air cleaners on engine masters and those little air cleaners are the worst on it check it out Dan 😊
Shove steel wool in the tailpipes with a pin to hold them infor the drive . Pull the pins and stainless steel wool out when you get there or get some HD dragpipe baffles . Pin in pin out for rude
Better make a hood scoop and a foam bock to block the hole because you will run into rain and those two toilet bowls on top will channel a ton of water to the carbs. Could even make a removable scoop to show that bling off.
Man Dan, that tunnel ram looks so wicked! The lettering job is perfect!!!! Hope u guys have a blast rippin across country in the hot rod!! Be safe and can't wait to see the footage!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 rock on 🤘!!!!
Never used China Wall Gaskets (in the trash when I open the box) in the 50+ years of building Chevy Engines. Not even my Circle Track or Drag Racing engines. VVVRRoam!!!
I drove my 68 corvette convertible 900 miles with headers straight into side pipes they were muffled but not enough. My wife was driving and something fell off a semi crushed the right side pipe. I was so happy to pipe it all the way back. It sounds even better and is much more drivable.
What a bitchn ride you guy's, great work Dan, and fast AF, if only most shops had that turn around time 😂😂. What a trip it would be to see Danny drive that beast the whole trip.
I tried in the past to get an FST carb but after waiting for about 4 months for them to ship, I could not wait any longer and went with another brand. Would still love to try one some day. Good luck on the trip. Hope to see you at Cruisin the Coast!
If you guys will be hanging out with Derek and Jessica, the old guy that my buddies and I are renting rooms from would sure like to meet them - I'm not sure if he watches your vids, or not, but I'd treat everyone to dinner if we could make this happen for ol' Richard?!
