My 427 SOHC Build..... Finally the time has come!

[Bolted to Floor]

Whoops!!

[jayb]

At least it was something simple...

[Barry_R]

Bet the IAC was having a fit with that...

Its easy to miss a vacuum leak because the IAC air port is super loud on these.  You never hear the vacuum leak over it.

Now remember that an O2 sensor will often read ANY misfire as being too lean, and these self learning systems will richen the mixture in response no matter what the "correct" direction should be.  In this case it just kept throwing fuel at it and the front holes were probably drowning...

[cjshaker]

South American Intake Borers! You gotta watch them pesky critters!

[cobracammer]

On the bright side, after Jay has worked his MoJo on it, that opening would be a great place for a vacuum nipple to connect the power brakes to !!!!  Rather than the port between throttle bodies  LOL

[Nightmist66]

Awesome Jason. Keep the positive attitude. Not everyone would be so calm. I agree, it would be a good place for the booster to feed from. Hopefully you will get the other problem figured out soon and get this thing back running even better. Good luck! Are you going to add any more cross bracing to the crate to support it further? Not sure if it will be enough if there is any rough handling and side impacts. Looks like a nice job on it though.

[cobracammer]

Super sturdy  2 by 4's and thick plywood all around.... No particle board 

[Nightmist66]

Sounds good.

[cobracammer]

Alright, got my headers back.  Ceramic coated inside and out in flat black.  Looks great!

[Bolted to Floor]

Looks good and where are the last 2 tubes? 

Are you going to put them back before the engine comes back or treat it like a jig saw puzzle when it's time to go back in the car? 

[Nightmist66]

Depending on your screen size, you may have to drag the picture over a little but there are eight tubes there. They do look nice Jason. The powdercoat may even help to tighten up the slip fit for a better seal depending how thick the coating is.

[My427stang]

Looks good!

That coating will make more of a difference than you'd think.  Plus it looks pretty

[Bolted to Floor]

Thanks Jared, I wasn't smart enough to scroll over earlier. 

[cobracammer]

Thanks guys  I was actually a little curious about the slip fit after the coating, but carefully trying 1 pipe, still slides in nicely without any force. 

I was just thinking how nice/ easy it would be to install the pipes before dropping the engine back in.  Might be a whole lot easier as well as easier to torque each bolt rather than doing it on my back in a small space

In other news, the plan is to get the engine to Jays at the end of september.  I am going to get started on moving the radiator mounts (bottom) forward about 2 - 2.5"  should be nice to do it in an empty engine compartment.  I also treated the gas tank with Stabil fuel stabilizer since its going to be a few months before I get the engine back .  Dont want the gas to turn bad on me  lol

[cobracammer]

Alright Boys and Girls....  Getting really close to sending this crated up Cammer engine off to Jay!  I got the measurements off of the crate last night, and with an approximation on the weight (About 600 Lbs), I started making some serious inquiries into quotes.

Step one...  Contacted UPS Freight.  30 minutes on the phone and the quote came in at $3,000.00 without insurance, $3,900.00 with insurance.  I was then told that I could get a discount if I brought it into a local UPS store. 

Step two... I contacted Forward Air in which I couldn't get a live person to get a quote, but rather someone's inbox in Atlanta GA is where I was transferred like 3 times.

Step 3... I contacted Con-Way freight in which there was a very nice lady who helped me come up with the following quote.  $1,208.33 for 3 day shipment to Rogers MN (At least their closest facility/Dock for pickup) and an additional $420.00 for the insurance.  So far this seems to be the least expensive with a well known freight shipment company.  I got a quote # from her and if I decide to go this route after a few more calls, I will be sending it to Jay about September 17th (Luckily our home closing is on September 25th, and the whole house needs to be empty by then  LOL

Keep you posted, but I am literally dying to see what Jay finds pulling this apart as well as on the Dyno after he's worked his Minnesota Mo-Jo!!