Awesome engine, very nice build!
Though... there must be a typo hidden somewhere, since 580 torque @5800 equals 640 of them good oregonian horses.
580torque@4800 does make more sense to me.

You are correct, I was trying to do too many things at the same time. Peak torque was 580 @ 5200 rpm but it also had 570 @ 3000 rpm and 500 @ 6200 rpm so it was really a big flat torque curve. Not perfectly flat, kind of a rolling hill type of torque curve for some reason. Should run fine in the car though.

I am sure it will!

I wanted to dimple the 3 inch holes in the cowl support but the 3 inch dimple die isn't available in a bolt together, only in a press style. So I bought the press type dimple die and had a machine shop modify it and then make me a big press bolt. Worked like a charm. Just took a few twists of the wrench to dimple those holes. They look a lot better after they are formed.

Looking good!! Birdtracker

A buddy helped me with some minor body work on the front clip. Just some sanding and seam sealing. Basic prep work and then we rolled it into the booth for some color.

Really nice, can't wait to see it done.

The time and effort into this build is super. This will be one nice ride when it is complete.

I let the paint dry in the sun for a few days and then started hanging parts back on it. It is a lot nicer working on a clean shiny car than how it was before.

looks really nice!

I like the "Spinaker White". It looks great! Provides a nice contrast for any factory stripes.

Looks great, Andy! Now that all the hard stuff is done, it should be fun to put it all back together knowing that everything bolts right in.

Working on the Viper brake install today. It is nice when everything is clean. Sure beats laying on my back having dirt and gunk drop in my eyes every time I turn the wrench!

Man that looks great! I cant wait to get to that point on my demon build

Looks like on a factory assembly line back in the day... only they didn't have Viper brakes back then.

Be prepared for nhra techs to occasionally beach about the brake line across the firewall.

Looks great Andy; I really love white A bodies

Getting ready to lift the engine and transmission into place. I decided the starter was a little close to the headers so I gave the starter the gold foil treatment. Hopefully this helps keep the heat down.

I decided to switch to a set of Firm Feel upper control arms so I had to grind a little bit of clearance. Once a small piece of sheet metal was ground off the arms fit just fine. The FFI upper arms will give me a little more caster plus they look nicer than my old original ones.

Thank you - much easier on the eyes with those tubular UCAs. One step closer to losing the torsion bars too.