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I hear what you're sayin' Dave. I still thought the air cleaner was just a tad bit high initially and I understand about the reasoning for the spacer. In the picture below is my 1:1 scale engine in my truck with a highly modified 220 TBI unit that's been bored to 50mm and as a set of 454 Fuel Injectors on top (and no spacer...lol) All of that is adapted to a 4 barrel carburetor style intake manifold. I was thinking about a Holley system but have heard about some reliability concerns with it.

Thanks Dave! I appreciate the comments bud. There's no external throttle return spring on these TBI engines so I didn't worry too much about that one. The throttle linkage......that's a toughy for me. The following picture is one I robbed from the internet but it shows the return spring that's integrated into the throttle shaft as well as the intricate linkage/ mount assy. It also shows the CORRECT ignition coil that I've got wrong on my build.

Thanks Dave. Finished the engine up over the holidays. I did a couple of tweaks to it after I thought I was done initially. I put a little droop in the ignition wires just behind the cylinder heads as they just didn't look right and that air cleaner was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too high. I shaved some off of the bottom of the air cleaner and installed at the proper height. I also added an ignition coil and some fuel delivery lines. I was going to add some throttle linkage but everything I had was incorrect and it's much to intricate of detail to scratch build and get to look right so I left that part alone. There'll be an intake duct attaching at the air cleaner inlet and mounting on passengers side inner fenderwell later after the engine gets installed into the truck. Finished 454:

That's where I thought you were going to get it from. Shaving some of the top of the TBI unit off will lower the air cleaner down where it's supposed to be as the air cleaner sits way too high on those AMT TBI 454's. Then you won't have to worry as much about how crude it is. This is how the air cleaner sits with no modification to the TBI unit: and this is after shaving some off of the top of the TBI unit: Looking forward to seeing this one in progress Jacob.

Given what I've seen you do with other projects this outta be a fun one to watch.

Coming along very nicely Sergey. Very nice work.

This'll be a cool one to follow. Where are you robbing the 454 TBI from?

Stance and wheels look perfect Mike. Good work with the paint so far.

Ok folks....update time. This kit has a pretty decent engine with lots of parts. The chrome parts all got stripped to include the rocker covers but other than that it's a pretty complete and detailed engine. And here we are with the assembled base engine and transmission. Believe it or not....this IS some big time progress for me.

Right there with you on that Cary. What I've always liked about these trucks, especially early on with this body style, is their simplicity in operation. Easy and still cheap to work on.

Can't wait to see this one cleared. Stance, colors and wheels look great so far Mike.

I didn't think you did but I had to ask as there's lots of handling during the build. Always learnin' from you John. Always.

Well thank you A TON for the heads up anyways. I'll be keeping an eye peeled for 'em when he's up and runnin'.

I had the same question. I can never handle my Alclad much after applying and it looks like you'd have to handle this model a lot during the construction process.

I've dealt with MicroNitro once on a set of wheels and he does offer some really good wheels. I'm looking forward to dealing with him again because I need another set of wheels for another project. Is there any way to contact him other than on Facebook?

Oh HELL yeah!!! I'll be looking this guy UP! This thread popped back up at exactly the right time. Wow! Thanks Bernard.

Very good looking paint and details on this bad boy Cruz. Love the work on the wheels as well.

Thanks for looking he says .......I can't help but to look!!!! Lookin' very good John.

Thanks Hector.

Looks great. I always had an eye for the Comet/ Maverick cars.

Good job working with the molded color. Awesome look and turn out.

What can you say? They're good lookin' trucks.

Sharp ride Wayne.

This is just too dang cool. There's something about VW buses and hot rodding that mix well. Looks really swell Ryan.

That looks really good Keith. I'm looking forward to building mine even more. Thanks for the inspiration bud.