Back On The Eternal Hemi Project

Well Rick came down last weekend & we got the 557 fired up in the dragster. Sure was nice to make some smoke & noise. It's been awhile since I have even picked up a wrench in the shop. Well we also got the hemi heads & intake bolted on to the block & put in the car. All I can say is that the car looks like it was made for the hemi...Actually it was. I told VPRC that I wanted the chassis to be able to hold a BBF Hemi.. My David Willingham engraved & powder coated valve covers just jump out at you. I think I will powder coat the motor plate black to match the valve covers. Anyway, I verified that the engine is way to tall to use the Ron's Terminators. I want to keep a cowl hood & right now the top of the throttle body is about 1.5" above the top of the cowl. So I definitely will be going to a hat set up. Hopefully I can have the hat sticking out just above the cowl hood. That's the game plan anyway.
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Headers look to have plenty of room. #8 tube is the only one that is going to be tight with the steering shaft. The Sykes Bros. did a nice job fitting up the stub tubes to my Mike Balf flanges.


Here is the first new part I have bought in awhile. I said I would never spend the money on merge collectors. Well never say never. Summit Pro Shop had a pretty good price on the Dynatech merge collectors. Plus I had two Summit gift cards from Christmas...

Fancy

Looks good, Chris. Thanks for the updates!

Looks great Chris .... you guys going try and make it to the bash this year ?

Looks like it's going to be a damn nice setup.

Chris, lookin real good. Ed

Nice Chris!

Love all those hemi parts!

Who's valve covers where they originallly? Carols?

JS

I love that Hemi

Thanks guys!! I'm glad I could help out your engine porn addiction.. I'm just ready to have everything to start putting this beast together. I am tired of buying parts!!! Hopefully sometime soon I can get to Mike Balf Race Cars & get him going on the headers.

Special thanks to Dave Freelander for coming up with the "Eternal Hemi" name for my project. If I don't hurry up & finish it soon, I will be retired & won't be able to afford to run it. And I am only 43!!!

TopSportsman916 wrote:Thanks guys!! I'm glad I could help out your engine porn addiction.. I'm just ready to have everything to start putting this beast together. I am tired of buying parts!!! Hopefully sometime soon I can get to Mike Balf Race Cars & get him going on the headers.

Special thanks to Dave Freelander for coming up with the "Eternal Hemi" name for my project. If I don't hurry up & finish it soon, I will be retired & won't be able to afford to run it. And I am only 43!!!

At least you are only 43 Chris. Could be worse, you could be in my shoes......

You're ahead of me I am still planning & saving.

511Fox wrote:You're ahead of me I am still planning & saving.

Don't feel bad. I see that you are 38. I was 38 when I started this project...