It's alive, sort of

[Cobra912]

Well I blew my 331 / Vortech YS up a few months ago so I sold most of the good parts bought a motor, ripped out my fuel injection and transplanted this 408 tonight........hope to be out at the track before the season ends......this is one big change.

Sorry for crappy pics.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Nifty. Although I would have tried to keep the package EFI, it's certain to be an out right tire shredder.

 

[Cobra912]

Yeah I hear ya but I had to sell the blower and pms etc to pay for a new motor. Having done this once already this year, the money has run dry. That and it's a track car.

 

[tannerc91gt]

Looks awesome man, glad to see you're makin some serious progress.

Track videos please

 

[NIKwoaC]

What are the specs on this motor? I think this may be a blessing in disguise for ya, that 408 is going to allow you to do stuff your 331 wouldn't.

 

[Cobra912]

Big thanks to Tanner for making it happen.

It's completely gone through down to the block, all new bearings, rings, new valves in the heads etc. and should be ready to go soon. After I dropped it in I realized that I'm gonna have to yank it again to move my line lock and regulator due to the taller deck height.

compression should be around 9.5

AFR 205 Outlaw heads 2.08/1.6
Victor Jr intake
Quick Fuel 850 carb
XE282HR cam

I'd be happy if it makes more than my last motor which was dynoed at 460/421 to the wheels.

Thrashing away trying to make it out at least once to the track before the end of season here.

 

[90lxcoupe]

Very nice. Look forward to numbers from the track. What headers are those?

 

[Cobra912]

thanks, hope to be running as fast as you

hooker super comp conversion headers, they're painted steel. I hope they fit like they are supposed to

 

[Rick 91GT]

hooker super comp conversion headers, they're painted steel. I hope they fit like they are supposed to

all I will say is good luck, never really enjoyed putting those bastards in. I recommend some allen head cap screws as they are a PIAto get to the heads once they are in the car. Port the adapterplates out if you havent already, they come pretty small from Hooker

 

[90mustangGT]

That looks like a monster! I think you'll like the simplicity of a carbed big cube over a supercharged EFI.

 

[Cobra912]

all I will say is good luck, never really enjoyed putting those bastards in. I recommend some allen head cap screws as they are a PIAto get to the heads once they are in the car. Port the adapterplates out if you havent already, they come pretty small from Hooker

wow you're not kidding Rick! I almost lost my mind yesterday! I swapped the motor mounts out 5 times trying to get those headers to fit, and had to use a torch to heat up my flaming river steering shaft to lossen up the lock tight on the set screw so I could pull it. I can move the shaft (coming through firewall) inward to relocate the 1st steering joint to clear the headers but now I need a new double d shaft as mine is now too short. UGGHHH!

I'm debating whether to keep going this hard at it, maybe just worth it to wait till spring to get this out there as I have less than a month to get it running before the last track event. I have to finsih everything under the hood, put the dash back in and get a rear bulkhead installed.

 

[90lxcoupe]

If its just a track car, used kooks might be a good idea

Also ive heard of guys using kooks short deck headers on a tall deck SBF and they fit like a glove... something to think about. I'll know how accufab headers fit in a couple months too

 

[Cobra912]

that sounds like a good idea. Gonna use what I have now but may look at a a nice set later as I have always heard good things about the kooks stuff. Would like to run them into some borla xr-1's or something similar.

 

[Cobra912]

well went to fire the car but I screwed up on the firing order. sorted that out to find my powermaster starter seized.

Can't win........

 

[lancec2c30]

So is this that small block tanner picked up after selling his car?

 

[tannerc91gt]

Yeah it's the Windsor that I had. He's done a lot with it though, glad to see you're gettin close

 

[Cobra912]

Woo hoo!

Bought myself a starter for a 93 and found that it is absolutely the same as my gear reduction powermaster except the sticker. I also did not realize that there are different starters for 157T and 164T flywheels / flexplates. Good to know, especially before I trashed something.

We adjusted fuel pressure and fired the pig up, open headers at 10PM and revved her up. Sweet music to my ears. I literally spent what feels like hundreds of hours, building the complete motor from a bare block, converting the entire car from a supercharged EFI car to a carbed / fuel celled windsor so to have it run is a good feeling! This thing has nickel and dimed me to death. I know EFI is preferred to the carb but the simplicity of it is unreal, I really wish I went this route before.

I'll try to post up some pics tomorrow and maybe a vid if I can find a way, I'm going to go have a drink now

 

[Cobra912]

Yeah it's the Windsor that I had. He's done a lot with it though, glad to see you're gettin close

And thanks for making this work.

Tanner smuggled it across the border via an underground
tunnel

 

[tannerc91gt]

It's alive!!! Video is definitely required. Congrats man, get the damn thing to the track

 

[LarsD]

Congrats! Looking forward to a video.