my ECP works great !!! 512cid, cold AC, 105 outside temps, 185ish all day long

Good to hear. Do you have electric or mechanical fan?

18" 7 blade direct,Flex a lite

17" 6 blade. Will see.

should do good

I primed engine again today and rolled it over with the starter a few revs to make sure all pushrods are turning being it has a flat tappet cam. I can hear a clicking sound from the starter/vert area. Not sure what it is. Looked at vert bolts and they are not hitting anything. I can hear it click once/revolution. Either vert or trans. I have the trans in neutral.

things could make noise, converter not full, no load on the front pump.

Ok. Hope thats all it is. Was gonna fire it up in neutral so everything fills up,but not sure thats nessessary.

yes fire it up in neutral with 5, or more qts already in it before you start it. I like to have the wheels off the ground on stands

That looks real good!Soon you will be tuning on that carb and that will be fun.

I have Doms number for that. Shouldn't be too far off. Had Dom and Mark whittier insite on dominator build.

yep, always up on stands during break in.

That is great to have some tech help from builders who know how.I used a 1050 in the 1990's[n/a] with a .509 and a .590 cam and liked it.
ps:Don't take my continued post's as me being a know it all,I am just making conversation.

Do you have a deep trans pan?I think as long as you have 1.5 qts in the vert and about 7 in the pan the trans should be ok with the main concern being the vert being dry.

no problem. I take all opinions and comments. Its very helpful. No professional here either. Been thru a couple trade schools and wrenchin most of my life, but stall appreciate others insite. always helpful.
I have 1 qt in the vert and 10qts in trans with deep pan. should be full.

Your carb must be 2" above the hood line on the front edge.For jetting I ran 88pri/92 sec no pv's so I will be interested to see what you end up with a pv in front if yoou do that.

I'm using a six pack hood. hoping filter clears. I believe i put a 86/93 in it with a 6.5pv

Nice!I was able to tune good vacuum so I hope you can also.I also wanted to say I use a Tee handle on the corner valve cover studs and it makes things easy to undo.