Thank you Jim. This sure will be an interesting build to say the least! And thank you Ken and John! Post some pics when you get them:kodak:
Yes, this is quite a hotrod.. 64 Skylark w/ Fabricated 9"Ford, coil overs, complete HP rear suspension including anti-roll bar. Tremec 5 speed/scattershield/dual disc clutch Complete tall spindle front suspension upgrade with coil overs again.. Flaming River bolt in rack and pinion conversion kit Flaming River Custom steering column and shafts Hydroboost for steering and brakes Massive 4 wheel disc brakes at all 4 corners custom pedal kits, custom seats Custom Dash- full compliment of Autometer gauges in custom insert. Big sticky 18" rubber at all 4 corners March Serpentine system Aftermarket AC Kit slick bolt in roll bar kit Unique side exit exhaust car is eat off it clean, top and bottom MY part is adding the fuel system (Rick's tanks super cool stainless tank, with built in PWM fuel pump control and ZR-1 fuel pump module.) I also put a fuel pump module access door in the trunk floor. And the 560CI SPFI 'hawk... Hyd roller STG 2 Street/Strip motor, with converted Mopar EFI intake(fits under the hood) and direct ignition- Holley stuff. Here is another pic or two during and earlier mockup of intake/hood fitting.. Owner is a board member here, project is rounding the final turn and coming down the home stretch now.. JW
NICE!!! I'm excited about starting on my 64!! Mine will have some similar items, but geared more towards street/strip. Looks good!!
nice indeed. Nice upgrade from the original aluminum v8! Might twist the windows out of that beast. Was that an original aluminum v8 with the 2 speed and a peanut rearend? Major fab to fit that rear end in there. the drive shaft is probably 4 feet or so. I like the wheele skids, that car is small enough to spin around the shop. The smallest driveshaft i ever saw was in a ford courier tiny truck. Guy had a 351 cleveland head , C 6 , and a 9 inchrear.
Yes, they are here.. Will be doing some mockup work later today hopefully, trying to get a motor shipped to France today, and I swear with all the paperwork you would think I was sending Nuclear fuel or something. I will say this. They Don't disappoint in person.. JW
When you see them on a motor you will say , you will know you put heads on it. It would be a cool look to see valve cover cutouts in hood with them sticking out. and a nice bulge in the center of hood.
They are not quite that thick Anson.. For reference, they use 7" long valves instead of 5".... so it's not like they are a foot taller.. we will get a good look at them tomorrow. JW
Just fyi Jim I'm pretty sure on my Somerset that would put the front of my valve covers through the hood.
Mike, any more news on your CANTED VALVED head. I'm interested in this. Post some pictures please. You can pm me if you like.
We are starting on the intakes for the billet heads this week. Important pieces for the dyno, the plans have been done for a while but the head prep for water and rockers set us back a couple weeks even though it was preplanned. We do have the rockers with steel exhaust and should have a complete set of all aluminum within a couple weeks. That will save those who do not need steel a thousand bucks! Thanks to Doug Jones, Wayne Jesel and the whole Jesel staff. These guys are amazing. I have had many suppliers and shops push us to the front of the line, they want to see what the Buicks can do! ken
Here is an update for those that are following our head build not the TA build. http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/kb-super-wildcat-heads-new-pics.320018/
Greetings: The last update here was in April, anything new on the billet heads? Did they make it onto the Supercat? Did you you get some runs? I was very impressed by these heads and was curious what was happening! Thanks!! Philip T.
