mwood's 408w

[NIKwoaC]

Excuse me. I spy a BBC. Why is this not going in the mustang??

Ha, you just gotta stir the pot, don't you?

 

[blackened88lx]

That is a hell of a motor. Dart block, huge canfield heads, carb intake converted for fi... I don't think that is going into anything for now.

How big?

 

[mwood]

It's over 500 cubes. I don't remember exactly.

 

[Cobra1741]

very nice!

 

[mwood]

The exhaust is all hooked up. BBK ceramic coated long tubes, bbk 2.5" h pipe, an the flowmasters I already had. The h pipe was almost 2" off. We had to cut and weld in a connector. Joints weren't a great fit either.
Here's to hoping I don't have leaks.

 

[90lxcoupe]

let that thing breath, 3" exhaust

 

[mwood]

let that thing breath, 3" exhaust

I plan on it and already have the mufflers, but it'll have to wait for an upgrade. For now 2.5 was easier.

 

[mwood]

The motor ran yesterday. I'll try to post the vid later.

My problem right now is the wheels are way too far forward. They are 3/4" from the front of the wheel well with the wheels streight. I can't turn the wheels at all without hitting. No amount of fender trimming will fix it.

I'm planning on trying offset a-arm bushings and mm cc plates to move the wheels back. I should get a half inch back and go from there. I hope.

I saw I could get adjustable arms, but I wasn't planning on going coilover.

Has anyone successfully dealt with this issue?

 

[mwood]

408wstartup.flv video by woodm07 - Photobucket