my 48

Enjoying the build and your pics!

ggordon49 wrote: hey man! You lost me with those pics of your finger At least you have that old hound to keep you company  Seriously though, your build looks great and is coming along nicely.... I like how you get things done, like painting outside with snow on the ground.... Can't wait to see the engine in the frame!!

X2 on the no gloves Joe W    That was strange just as I was posting lost power for about 30 sec. hope it's not a sign of what's to come. Joe W

Edited by wadoyado - 15 Apr. 2018 at 2:59am

some more fitment,.i will probably clearance the firewall a bit on the.drivers side so the valve cover has some breathing room

Edited by BryanB - 15 Apr. 2018 at 4:40pm

If you can fudge the motor mounts forward a 1/2 inch or so, both the firewall and valve cover will be happier. 

buick skylark drivers side exhaust manifold is perfect, dumps at a very handy angle..just fyi to all considering a 225 swap

BryanB wrote: buick skylark drivers side exhaust manifold is perfect, dumps at a very handy angle..just fyi to all considering a 225 swap

Wish I'd known that 40 years ago. 

so I was shopping for dual inlet mufflers , the usual flowmaster magnaflow blah, blah, blah....pretty much 100 bones more or less...then.....i saw a chunk of leftover 5" from a high flow setup on my duramax....my little brain gears started to turn...so I made my own "glass pack " consisted of a 16" section of 5", dual side 2-1/4 inlets and a single glass wrapped and perforated 2-1/2 " outlet.  First 8" of the inlet half of the 5" empty, the perforated outlet pipe stubs into this chaber, but isolated from the "glass packed" half of the 5" via a 5" welded ring with the 2.5" perforated passing through it, then stubbing out the end of the 5"...i dunno, might suck..we will see...im aiming to pop this thing off in the next few days. .