Heads, Gaskets and Intake
 

Heads recieved enough decking to get the huge 074 chambers down close to the original 842s. With super thin cometic gaskets and head work compression came in at 10.8 to 11.0 :1 accross the pistons.

Next part gets a bit tougher. With that much machining on the heads this sinks the bolt holes for the intake further downward in the engine. This then means the intake holes no longer line up and you cant put the bolts in.

Intake Machine Work
 

I had to start this project with building a fixture plate to hold the intake on the mill. Not to terribly hard but turned out great. From there the intake can be positioned so that it can then be indicated in to cut the right amount of the material off the intake front to back and from top to bottom of the runners to fit near perfectly on the engine.

Once the mating sides of the intake are cut it re aligns the bolt holes, but now you have the issue of little to now front and back wall clearance. Once again a fixture had to made to hold the intake flat to the table for the front and rear intake walls to be fixed and re machined to match the block.

WOW Rick! Engine is looking great! Can’t wait to hear it!

That’s next level stuff right there!

Impressive work.

I just went through this same deal on my L78 nice work on this car!

Engine heat cycled on the run in Stand
 

Im not sure how it goes everyone else but things never go smooth and you really cant trust a single new part you buy.

Had the motor on the stand and it would fire a few cylinders but just wouldnt kick off. changed the coil, check the spark at the plugs which looked weak and then decided to change out the points that had the condesnor intergrated in. Put in one with separate points and condensor. Both sets were AC Delco.

All and all im very happy and frankly impressed with the throttle response and how it runs and sounds.

https://youtu.be/JtRLdeaSxf4

Sweet runner. Thanks!

The Uni-points were a known piece of crap in the late seventies, at repair shops. But I'm thinking you weren't even born yet to have heard about that...:smile:

Off the Stand and Into the Chassis
 

Didnt feel like wasting any time. Got the engine off the run stand and into the chassis. Finsih up clutch, belhousing, transmission, and driveshaft. Then back to body work. Maybe I will setup a lemondae stand to pay for the exhaust.