Greg called me several days before the pick up to suggest making some changes. 1) He wanted me to 86 the old stock alum. GM intake & replace it w/a Wieand intake. I asked if he could find an Edelbrock manifold w/DuraShine finish; he called me back the next day & said that he had found one that was the same height as the stock manifold. 2) He went through my Pertronix distributor & found out that it had cratered. He had an Accel HEI that he had had for quite some time (still new in the box) that retailed for over $200.00 & would sell it for $150.00 (it also was set up w/the correct curve for my engine). I asked him how the Accel would compare to an MSD & he said it used the same parts. 3) He also recommended that I put on a pair of 'block hugger' exhaust headers. I forgot to get the #, but I will have to wait to a later date. I can put up w/the stock cast iron for now. I've got to get my truck back on the road. I've been driving the Olds, Javlin & T, all w/antique plates, since last February which is not allowed for daily drivers. The local police have been nice, never giving me a problem. It may be since my niece married one of the Constables that works our area. I give the Lord a lot of credit for that.
Here are 4 pics that I took after getting the engine unloaded this afternoon. After I get the engine broken in I'm going to put my original flamed valve covers (for my T) on. I originally buffed them out, then took them to Show-n-Go & Wayne K. put 'Trick Hemi Orange' powder coat in the flame grooves (the color is identical to the Chevy orange Greg applied to the block) & then chromed the valve covers. When you chrome polished alum. it equals the deep rich shine that Edelbrock has come up w/in this DuraShine process. The first time I saw this finish was on Dugin's dual quad on his '34 Fordor Sedan Delivery. I don't think I'll ever polish another manifold w/this DuraShine process available. The best thing about this is that I think it's the last time I'm going to have to put 'Humtey Dumpty' back together again. John
