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ready for 2024 race season.

Didn’t get a chance to test a few things on the car. The weather is not cooperating today. Strong winds and smoky. I guess it’s a day to clean the interior.

that's awesome.... i'll take the blame for ya lol BTW i really like your car. my Dad has a 78 Diplomat with 80,000 km's. i will get it when he decides to part with it.

LOL of course I have video. Can’t load to the site for some reason? Have to put it on YouTube then post link

Ya it sure is. One step out of the way. I’ll test the trans brake and air shifter this weekend. Rewired the car last fall and never tested to see if it anything worked. Ran out of time

A simple touch of the button and she fired up.

to bad my phone crashed and wiped out my pictures. i had a few good pictures of my wagon. it's been so long i can't remember the tire size

this week the weather is looking crappy so i won't fire up. the weekend is looking better. May 11 is the first test and tune, weather permitting. i have to go over my car as i rewired the entire car last fall and haven't checked to see if it all works. time is running out. Windsor to my place...

The old blue beater is ready to make noise. The weather is not cooperating today to fire up the 416” so i decided to get my car ready.

New slicks for the 2024 race season. Today might be the day to fire up the 416” on the run stand. If everything goes well it’s off to the dyno

Waiting for a friend to get back from holidays. He has a set of 1.75 ratio rockers I want to try.

that's what i thought but wanted to make sure. i have Dykes rings so that might be different gaps then standard or gapless?

.0045'' top gap? and only .005'' for 2nd? bore size X the .0045'' and .005''? bore X .0045'' for top and 2nd ring gap with no boost or nos is what total seal recommends.

exactly. the world has become ''overthinkers''. i like the keep it simple

yes top and 2nd ring gaps the same. i follow the instructions from Total Seal. bore x .0045'' for both top and 2nd. in my case that's 4.125'' x .0045''= .0185''. i went .019'' just to be on the safe side of things. better to be a bit more gap then not enough gap. i don't get caught up in all...

355” W2 414” W8 416” W9

Couldn’t resist putting heads and intake on.

Short block is pretty much complete

Great morning to be in the garage

Rings are filed, new rod bearings. All that’s left is to check rod bearing clearances. Should have pistons in the block tomorrow

looks good Brad.

As I mentioned, nothing goes according to plan. Not much time yesterday for the 414. I went and helped my son in law get his super comp dragster ready for this season. I managed to get the main bearing clearances measured. All good at .002”. I did the final hone so now it’s ready for...

So far it’s run 9.61 with a horrible transmission and converter. The trans blew to pieces the next weekend. This is the cuda it’s going back in

Since the 416” ready for the run stand, I will have time to work on the aluminum 414”. If all goes well, I should have the short block finished this weekend. The 416” is headed to the dyno after I run it on the stand to check everything over.