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71 Cuda, all aluminum hemi


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Thats looking real good man

BTW, Bill, that alternator looks fantastic!

Are you thinking tunnel ram for the intake?

thanks Earl!!

Hey Alyn, the alt. is from the kit with a pully I made, as far as the intake I'm planning on cramming it all under the hood, so it will be a low profile, hopefully I can get it all under there! , thanks buddy!

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so has the body had any work done?

getting really, really hungry for some eye candy here........ im starvin over here Bill! LOL :D :D

im sure that DOC would agree......

cheers

bryan

Jake haven't really done anything to the body yet, I want to get most of the engine completed before I move on, thanks

hopefully have something to post shortly thanks for being patient Bryan!

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sense the car will be subject to hot and cold by taking it to shows I wanted to make sure it doesn't come apart just from expansion and contraction, so drilled a hole through the head into the block and threaded the block, using 00-90 screws to attach the heads, between these and a couple drops of CA glue they arent going anywhere! i would hate to get to a show and raise the hood and it be laying there in pieces! not cool!IMG_1190-vi.jpgIMG_1191-vi.jpg

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I also started on the intake, the first runners I made were pieces of flat and round tube aluminum, I just wasn't really happy with them, A hemi has square ports so I decided to try and machine the runners so they would be square.IMG_1196-vi.jpgIMG_1197-vi.jpgIMG_1199-vi.jpgIMG_1200-vi.jpgstill working on the plennum, should have some pics up soon, thanks for looking!

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Bill......that is some serious talent Sir.........gotta love it!!!!! :)

I can't wait to see where this goes! After all, your last big build was flat-out amazing. This should be stellar at the very least!

Love watching your work, thank you for sharing.

thank you guys so much for checking in on it!! appreciate it!
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quick question. How much does the whole piece weigh so far. I know aluminum's light, but it's still gotta be heavier than the original kit engine.

thats a good question Brian, I'm not really sure what it weigh's, kinda curious my self, I'm still adding weight still with the headers and turbos, and a few accy's, it is alot heavier than the kit motor for sure!

Craig, Drew, thanks a million!

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thats a good question Brian, I'm not really sure what it weigh's, kinda curious my self, I'm still adding weight still with the headers and turbos, and a few accy's, it is alot heavier than the kit motor for sure!

Craig, Drew, thanks a million!

then is the kit gonna be able to hold the weight without it collapsing?
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