my baby came home today

and now it's with it's MothEr



my youngest son daniel my helper today



we ran in to a little problem with clearance on the earl pan



and now its fixed

that new engine smell

Larry T, you don't be messing around man!! Were you able to save anything from that engine that blew up to hell on ya?? Sorry if this was posted someplace else and i missed it...

Those P-51's have the look that they are ready to kick the shit out of some Chebbie azz!!!!!!!Nice job...

that tube you cut looks like it coulda been moved over some when it was made.sometimes you gotta make room! nice looken bullet!

D's557BBF wrote:Larry T, you don't be messing around man!! Were you able to save anything from that engine that blew up to hell on ya?? Sorry if this was posted someplace else and i missed it...

i was able to reuse the heads charlie reworked them replaced several valves and did a pocket port.the roller rockers were ok except for 2 also the crank and cam can probably be reused in my boys project.

this is pretty mutch an all new 572 motor short block for sure.i wanted it done sooner but things kept poping up i put the finishing touches on the motor saturday and got to here chebys ForReal heaRt BeAt



my 2 sons were happy we have not had mutch time at the track this summer.



and here is dear ole dad a few days ago he is retired and loveing it.

cool40 wrote:that tube you cut looks like it coulda been moved over some when it was made.sometimes you gotta make room! nice looken bullet!

true my chassie guy got alittle carried away the passenger side was all good.i will relocate that bar next time i have the motor out.the new bullet fired up first hit of the starter that makes ya feel good

Larry T wrote:

cool40 wrote:that tube you cut looks like it coulda been moved over some when it was made.sometimes you gotta make room! nice looken bullet!

true my chassie guy got alittle carried away the passenger side was all good.i will relocate that bar next time i have the motor out.the new bullet fired up first hit of the starter that makes ya feel good

now go see if you can put the power to the ground!that'll be fun.

here is a video my oldest son did while we did the install.we had 2 nice days of fall weather and plenty of rocks in the driveway to roll around on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZejWOCKKeY&feature=email

Looking good Larry! Keep up the good work! You are setting a good example for your son, by involving him in the building of your engine and also the installation of it.

Charlie