[930chef]

sorry to hear about your engine misfortune. i bought a car from a felleow pelican guy, who hasnt posted in quite some time. he assured me the car was primo. pretty outside. i changed the throttle body inj to a carb, and had to change a thrashed clutch disc beacause of slipping. i the pulled the rear main cap,and it looked like someone took a scribe to it. motor was junk except block,crank(turned 10/10) and rods. i was devastated. p/o used locktite on rod bolts and the hardened loktite flaked off the threads and circulated thru oil system. $8,500 later i have a primo engine, but not what i had planned. i look everyday to see how you are doing. i love your exhaust system and plan on installing the same. by the way, what did you wrap around your X muffler? hang in there todd, i love your project and because of your sanitary job, i think you have broken many barriers connected to v8 conversions, along with larry's 71 gulf blue monster. i will be unveiling my conv in a few days. thanks for inspiration...........kevin