Well FINALLY after 4 1/2 months my 455 is back home! Rebuilt and looking pretty Now I just need to get it in the damn car

 

Purty!

 

Nice. Let me know when you get it on the road and we can go do some burn outs. Lol

 

Sounds good copper! Lol

 

Don't close the hood too hard after you add the oil. Nice looking motor!

 

Installed! Now the real work begins. Main project today, install the headers Not looking forward to it.

 

Wow looks nice in there ,not much room between your driver side valve cover and the brake booster ?Do those chrome valve covers have the notch in them?

 

Can someone say VAAAAAAAAAAARRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM

 

There's plenty of room, I can at least fit a dime between them No notch in them, they had to be tall to fit the roller rockers. They are a cheepy set, I think around $35 bucks. I don't know if I need then quiet so high but they are good enough for now.

 

poor little street hawks they dont stand a chance

 

Looks awesome man!

 

 

Lol oldcutlass, that's exactly what I said when she started up! I'll get some updated pics soon.

 

That's a lot of engine. What products went into its build? Feel free to elaborate for us.

 

Full hydrolic roller
Comp cam 290/296 .515/.533
forged speed pro 40 over pistons
torker intake
Holley 4150 carb
Pertronix distributor
Hooker comp headers
Ga heads ported & polished with comp valve job
Should be 10-1
The usual balancing and the other good stuff

 

Water pump brand/mfg.?

 

FlowKooler aluminum from Summit. With a made in japan casting right in front lol

 

japan is good china is bad. mfg in japan is actually better from what I have been told.

 

I hope so! We will see I guess

 

it can be that bad I have had the same autozone hd water pump on 3 different engine over the last 6 years .

 

Who built it? I like the smooth firewall, that's on my list when (if) I ever get the car re-sprayed.

 

Thanks Mr Nick, AES in Elk Grove built my engine.

 

Looks great ! Congrats!
Maybe post a video ...I want to hear it

Ted

 

Don't want to get too much into your business but do you have ballpark figure on the total build cost?

Thanks

 

Well that would be a big ballpark around 7k. I had a bunch of parts to do the build, but unfortunately I wasn't able to use them so I had to buy new. I had a set of .30 pistons but my block had already been cut (which I didn't know) so I had to go with .40 over. The roller rockers I had didn't work either, the heads were in good shape, they just needed to be freshened up, etc etc etc. It of course snowballed from there. All the little things added up in the end to make a big thing

 

Thank you for the info. I like to gauge my engine packages with others to make sure I offer a competitive build.

Best of luck!

 

Sure looks nice. I'm with Ted.
Post a video of it running, I bet
it will be sweeet.

 

New engine pics, video coming soon! Gages on manifold are temporary. Still have to straighten out the plug wires and vacuum line.

 

Sure looks good in there.
Nice job!

 

Man, x2 ...it looks great!
The tranny lines look really close to the header pipe...on my 70, I brought them above them to prevent them from rubbing....
I assume the brake booster vacume line is a hose and not a steel line..
Just some thoughts....

Looking forward to vid

Ted