Build Thread My Never Ending 89 Notch Thread

TOOLOW91 · Jun 9, 2025

hoopty5.0 said:
That intake plaque is big t1tt1es. Really cool.

Thanks bro ! I thought it would be a cool touch seeing as I have it on the back window

TOOLOW91 · Jun 14, 2025

nickyb · Jun 14, 2025

She's a looker

TOOLOW91 · Oct 5, 2025

Got my 66 finished up in August and did a shake down with it. Took it and completed hot rod drag week with the little .30 over 396 that went 12.96 at 104.7 at 4045lbs. Had a blast.

Got the mustang back out last week and cleaned up to have some fun with it. Haven’t touched it since I put motor back together just focused on the Chevy. Got to meet long time member Jeff sias on DW as well.

Belair has a .30 over 396 in it now which by accident has correct casting number for the car
Fresh .063 heads -11.8:1
.591/.595 240/246@.050 110LSA cam
Edelbrock intake
TRW piston , scat rods , gm steel crank
All arp hardware and cometic head gasket
4l80e still column shifted
Circle D 3000 stall

Noobz347 · Oct 5, 2025

TOOLOW91 said:
Got my 66 finished up in August and did a shake down with it. Took it and completed hot rod drag week with the little .30 over 396 that went 12.96 at 104.7 at 4045lbs.

Wut?

What 66?

TOOLOW91 · Oct 5, 2025

Noobz347 said:
Wut?

What 66?

My dads first car - it’s in this thread I found it and bought it back in 2021

Monkeybutt2000 · Oct 5, 2025

TOOLOW91 said:
My dads first car - it’s in this thread I found it and bought it back in 2021

I recall you buying the car must've missed the part about it being your Dad's first car, how cool is that. My Dad's first car was a new 69' Z28,unfortunately long gone.

TOOLOW91 · Oct 5, 2025

Monkeybutt2000 said:
I recall you buying the car must've missed the part about it being your Dad's first car, how cool is that. My Dad's first car was a new 69' Z28,unfortunately long gone.

Yes sir this was his actual car , so I have been picking away at it. Now it just needs a 496-540 inch big block and vintage air but it drives amazing otherwise. The 4l80e was a game changer

TOOLOW91 · Nov 1, 2025

The car is testing me this year for sure. It runs amazing , well ran amazing.

I had a little oil leak from behind the right head ever since it’s back together. Last week I decided to throw another head gasket in effort to get that to stop.

Put the car together fire it up take it for a ride and at 70mph it just shut off like I just shut the key.

For whatever reason the engine builder decided use a stud and nut on the cam side. And the nut is tight but the stud started backing out and the washer has a releif ground in it. The cam
Pin walked out.

So I’m down but never out. Have a bolt coming and all the gaskets. Pulling heads to fix valves and we’ll be right back ! lol

Bullitt347 · Feb 9, 2026

I can't believe anyone would do that.

limp · Feb 9, 2026

Bullitt347 said:
I can't believe anyone would do that.

Had a girlfriend with a 80-81 Trans Am whose EX husband had converted ONE of the rear disc brakes to drum... Big surprise to me when I crawled under it.. Lots of stupid fks in this world

nickyb · Feb 9, 2026

It really sucks ass when you pay some tard to do that stupid .

Blackhawkxx · Feb 9, 2026

TOOLOW91 said:
and the washer has a releif ground in it. The cam
Pin walked out.

I bet he needed a shorter cam pin and ground the relief in the washer to use the longer one.
I ran into that once when changing a cam to a different manufacture. I just needed to use a shorter pin.

TOOLOW91 · Feb 27, 2026

The pin actually fits Perfectly back into the gear as it should and is the right length so I’m not sure what the was the story here. 5 years it’s been like that.

I did get the cam back in time- I replaced the whole setup with the correct arp bolt. The heads are fixed - they needed 4 new valves and were completely gone through. Exhaust side needed to be touched up on all of them anyway which Mike at MCRP handled for me.

Weather and work have been ty to get out and get it together but I do have everything ready to go. Also got an innovators west pointer / sensor combo for the balancer. Eventually I’d like to put a crank trigger on it and the IW double key way balancer so setting that up now.

TOOLOW91 · Feb 27, 2026

Also after years of going back and fourth , I finally picked up a Moore race chassis 8.50 cert.

Had the harness bar sloped so the seats will still recline a little bit, the door bars are bent for the arm rests. Will be getting swing outs as well.

Nothing else on the car is really going to change. I just wanted the safety stuff so this car can do drag week, maybe 1-2 events a year and I don’t have to worry about not being safe. I’ve been very lucky thus far.

DadLife0724 · Feb 27, 2026

Just out of curiosity, are you the guy that sold and shipped me an A9L last year? He had a red notch that looked identical to this.

TOOLOW91 · Feb 27, 2026

DadLife0724 said:
Just out of curiosity, are you the guy that sold and shipped me an A9L last year? He had a red notch that looked identical to this.

On Facebook marketplace ? I took it out of a customers car that showed up engine half apart for a Holley efi ?

If so that’s me lol

TOOLOW91 · Mar 3, 2026

Coming on here got me slightly inspired again.

Heads are back on with 4 fresh valves + fresh valve job , fresh cometics and the innovators pointer. The pointer also doubles as a crank sensor mount for later on

Noobz347 · Mar 3, 2026

You gonna do coil over plug?

TOOLOW91 · Mar 3, 2026

Noobz347 said:
You gonna do coil over plug?

Maybe way later on.

For now -eventually I’d like to get the IW balancer with the 4 magnets and the double key way. Run the crank sensor on its own for better rpm resolution and just use my distributor as a cam sync

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